Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1b30ce70100b2fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 10:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4d73b3c2cfdf925a2089d783219767de SHA-1: 87162525f72dc501014b5a0e65b8b6747194b805 SHA-256: b1b30ce70100b2fc6eb264b4a335725718f50d127c4588dfac7db211ec8e7315
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm likely used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript potentially serving as a downloader or exploit trigger.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogebuwiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/xizubudufujinijovagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/7419987741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98751836940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclaw-effatha.pl/grafiki/file/sigemepolopow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/79843482908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianartistic.com/userfiles/file/14645651789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macierz-grodziec.org/files/file/rusukalepodukujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/37379252819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c8b914d7f0e33e36c585b889bd5e9fb/vuwewusudibajasalanoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartementslisa.it/an3_Uploads/file/92574090754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/bapaxesemogenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7da92b1e9---31258667476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef1be5e7e79c21a7a142147a73e1b933/xarafipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thumuavechai.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/fewunuroxedidagojidana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cebubigsellers.com/userfiles/file/xaloxewosinubaweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/87470539483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsenvogk8ik3atm95bso368938/27457778908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/rewoxozuzenapekukabenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81288479817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43246404968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fca520065---15935178168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1amishc2fb.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivazinasigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avistravel.activsport.ro/userfiles/file/kitaminosusenazinabafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losangeles.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/61685382324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=twilight+midnight+sun+full+movie+free+onlinePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB419 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 821734a07ed9fdaf0305bc5730796a9d9a969e1c3f768ed99a57bedad99c4038
font_01_sfnt_off0000cccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCC 16692 bytes
SHA-256: fcab3b369bbd6e1358e84fa272681985faaffa09fd7d12b359febf35d8295eae
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1