Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1ab3e4416c0f932…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:43:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 29985f6acef9aa6e8a061a2642ef0d74 SHA-1: 6620cfa783dd5fbaa573ce899f9edc57d1871561 SHA-256: b1ab3e4416c0f932b7a43105abbc25c7809b26756b29deecf339f83f51cb4a43
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'Download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=suicide+squad+torrent PDF link annotation
    • http://kezmosas.hu/files/file/bezupokitorukujepesonuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141be087a085---97771180113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/naferekejelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/55797196172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/14694439166130c4801e66f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanhebiotech.com/upload/files/ratuzopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/pofaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50151863612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulegagifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindennapi.hu/upload/file/zefidirabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b6f9d0ec394a613f5e1c4f6be7c6790/titajokulaxokolimigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/25543763291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2ecqq9p3i7fq6cii3j3ihfhr/63444259469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_565D578657F31406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/31629626748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48564860666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354e636630b---babebutedafumetetefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artemon.nl/userfiles/file/vevazaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5843e82ca10712c425965804d908cdb/98545158009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/80720841210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909100537299619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d279e1a7d5---45893400351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/78122517493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001742f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1742F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00018c41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C41 19120 bytes
SHA-256: cb86fe581c967b3ac0d81b271119038f93ce28aada8b64090a8e015af6993a73
font_02_sfnt_off0001be1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BE1C 10636 bytes
SHA-256: cead64b981d94850301e9fe703789aa35313a90eb9c11b18c5a1b25f661a489d