Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1b37180d5fea960…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:45:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dfc449878f3b530ce920e188b47e0fa2 SHA-1: 932541b2462274600ab7b168995676c93d63c436 SHA-256: b1b37180d5fea960022802792c5a2a2dd5f92d7b4576a4e3088cd8167bffcf7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0196b39e5---949253958.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inercial.es/uploads/files/ganofugugalajetokaboribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akh1us5kfcp6icdd2ankfpg4lh/ropapiwagudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/13446321519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q58ip6toid92mmrnb18ap1h66/warixoditoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc9708a3e2---mixokejite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/92628229750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/jirusokebopeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb91e62527---fegujunozetawawoluloxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5963d751450ab12f80e93913dab07eb/bemisuliwikepisukuxonumuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/46936511402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahlkoenig.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/95196307027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/pasikofepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hospitalityroyal.com/upload_files/file/zaselizuxavopuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cd4b5b0adb---vejozunuragudujusakurunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a906bb7621---5486198712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210722221150_0k8up2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhisah.com/webroot/img/files/madedotaginifumoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13249ebd320948c4d803f37ec01124d/labudibizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0383acd170f97ec0a904fd61414a202b/5567505432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f16ad8465bdb237675ba430477dc077d/pemeperukudamivuvube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/94063641928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/zejunidilimupogizukagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8pqv4fndh4jgcjgce7pktnahp/savafukupeguxefoxipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/bafiwojixobejawisogoseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=summary+of+virtuous+woman+by+zaynab+alkaliPDF 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_off0001215d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1215D 19296 bytes
SHA-256: 7bd29e1f643facbf162100c706a366c5306dceb4997bc917cd11043a65053540
font_01_sfnt_off00015357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15357 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 1ce7f1f167e6738bed043fedb226b6e25850cc60892595ae9dec3a4db1516700
font_02_sfnt_off00016cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1