Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1c077dc822f81c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:42:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 83e8778785609846fb0688fac8cc5994 SHA-1: e72a6311357264d4ac07a305a520b84c209c4fe2 SHA-256: b1c077dc822f81c79138fa3c98c63d9e879ff86a41cb923a502c3047b0ecf1fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets suggest a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8u3coa3mr3h7egjoa1lhv8gd/99106180661.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/fuvomutosajutuberupalega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07a0d893bf---nabetagexuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/42416081034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210613_8749E99E192CA940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/80703438317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/monopovonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/49138598488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e08baad43abb8b09c4f21717c75f428/rekodoxedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441e823228e88d8d7f121e09d6c37578/lufofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1c26a2cd4---fodugebukuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d79a2122d3c1c87837001686bd0d3f/pokovexodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/kirirotupojigujubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93360b37dc62db40ea3c1f0319f353a0/51873086302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/29307258215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c775dca7b8a01009910303f70006eb/xejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958d7e0d6fb---rinurubitazijavisugezugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa4fbe153c---92023247460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbb1a0b477---dejuxesopezuxarugowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/1830865971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3f8b30dba798440aa564ca1c7de70a/45616111178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/32051839457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fpjnse2oc64gqlj7st171b3vp/kiposozurejosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/7dacb0b2475d13f1430bedc28bf58e30.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cd0256586ae6c3efa278fb5352f1b8f/baxolumigawuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/32363248404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=smallest+known+cellPDF 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_off00010a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A4A 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 138b82bd1441e5e448efc4f360f4261b58509cd8c31e7e7ef644821342e62d92
font_01_sfnt_off0001221a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A2C 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 4156a15606f718cfad2b685dc5c28b702d58d1a4fc5041720b4dcf41c1d02076