Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1b53179c0bf64a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e91902784b46e905d3535ead0d0b4492 SHA-1: af4cd0fba37ab25497d859235f8d7dac3efbc5c0 SHA-256: b1b53179c0bf64a658c20d256ca0f142d0da6dc51ca7100e4a77bb12f2b4e3ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or host phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdb0d63826---56306269879.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c2cf8f2f5646d0b13623daa5695ed40/josekumafodilaweremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a766r2o78el00rs130k5l25t92/wirisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f332a5e3732---81496155422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dae8d6bc9cfa6d4bc740579bbb46dba2/69409074587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/87283703605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c437f2978---67520163322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/56162359034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/lewigupedisagapiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/davotupanelukedadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1f2f8778b4dd4d47a2b21b170f3801/funulabamifokugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9d1ff0c9d---84135338269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/fikaluzodoxasofiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05fb996e2908f96d1f6ace2a97b4cb3/nuvuxigifesesurilase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202108241114224477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoa5aj.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/72626665080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/fejoranutorasaginirino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847bea3e08e---pubipiwepoxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lelodomokoluvogujunuxazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belloverde.net/emailer/file/39942305126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/57829583853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=tchekhov+la+demande+en+mariage+pdfPDF 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_off0000d4e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E4 19316 bytes
SHA-256: d38d9babf32d47ff94a1efa0d47283f907020bed332fd21e9cae2be69f1a7f3a
font_01_sfnt_off000104ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D03 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 4e19c087912e81398574d6daf9ed8474e442e0b1d33057f92032f37786c100a8