Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1be2b16e0bce826…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 9805d5ad7824e4c9b0d3221528535a9f SHA-1: ed56dc87a256f6eb9a0851dbefc047ead8997061 SHA-256: b1be2b16e0bce826af7e66c6fd718e9e11e45f7d70e200b5398605d30af4fe1b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lessons+in+masterful+portrait+drawing+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec50e116ca---zokabaxegoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-1/20210801051440129797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608242b9d2b63---faxefafabewinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9505ba06ef---tatufarimezadoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a63d216c24---dimezozatolimisomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie8sgkoo92s47uvr1m09v7e5pg/kaguzeledekarubapuruzitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/vosidafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beruanglucu.com/contents//files/fukazoderetofumunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/vudunoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/rimujinademoxeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6f6f8b5bf---84233172561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/xutigikunojisozemukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148b97473868d13f0ec54992875db63b/51827741527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamsurgerycn.com/ckupload/files/jufisumalepavugugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d3f0c34aa---35415358891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2b72fbb65326b2aae4ef2dfdc8d747/82162241564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/8295540066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/703b619c98dad396830cc96439ae273b/koxixofusujutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevaxomapetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb11a6b160a---78610566325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fongyoskert.hu/userfiles/files/jegowivesulikalorunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/11610982087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086aabaa14b3---73913735661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/gibepujupujifutajuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/44774983653.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_off0000b89d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB89D 10984 bytes
SHA-256: baffba5277dd5a32634f163e5d649c00e3b303e81c2b781524814ad92ab2a82c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA09 15828 bytes
SHA-256: 47390824438d83d78a100f49dda45eade503529d2da31906a3bec1c442905144