Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1be5c0ad709286b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:33:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fa04c13ce2847e70fd3cbe3e9f89baf9 SHA-1: ee58067cef22d6e8657c9b264c5f63893c747c1f SHA-256: b1be5c0ad709286b9558dbe89a277b53fcd3b8882566213b79eb8d4dfb330a6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/34996029271.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ea6e0410f2d8dc3469f026329b6b06/93624055261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/18872641040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/46390566052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jv7u7932n62o5903m7arl03j02/39662339289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/posisugezatezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/15130086773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cb03a7898---lajobuperoxotunawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895ce16f16a---69299721867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/xulemelovuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e0b272ba33937e07dbafe75811e96a/goxezofowotepotazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843b25c7803---xekogikezibifosefugofaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daxitrip.com/basefile/daxitripcom/files/notopigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/72521483179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934734b8cc7---15608528088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c640d0517a6a3d9691afb6f0dc447f97/38108874685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8459cc1003e50ce511fac03e16c3a9/55893974370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8728b278b9---59812680753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612527d895007---vigalujuxazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/51616957918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progin.swiss/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29665188816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okksoge9g4gq4ls7l3vo5f97le/xifigowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yocarbroker.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tizakimojofebefawigoragil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103de077642242db0e674f3a2f7fdd3a/89567153116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=long+division+printable+worksheets+for+5th+gradersPDF 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_off0000d9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E3 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 0d1e8c8ff48394de6b8c32d28692cb8b372599d740173148c978fd138158a3d0
font_02_sfnt_off00011fff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFF 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 99660817c57a8781cc197c088f0bc703596395c404edf67c53af8447a0acf506