Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1c127166f637e91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 03:32:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1ac13a01d25fdcf45cb280997aab8cf8 SHA-1: 184c0f3754f9380d6af531556d63506ec8b2b8fa SHA-256: b1c127166f637e915fd1d4bcf1bd2ae13f8ef147bf66bbd38bb2fc0b98f669f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, directing users to download PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting, coupled with a 'download' lure, suggests an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/155e9d91ff201be6897529815178c7c1/xanotezisav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/nuzepadofoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/forajijadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio2.com/contents//files/furofewugava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/5087707263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/gorotunizubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/bejikikisivepivovijimibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elverum-revmatiker.no/images/file/gosutixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7600bfc5c4a5cc9990bb6d397d5918b0/81297035213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/wamadelipozukuzagegunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/51979295712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d438915b852---ladajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/67864596761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1622804886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a834ce7494290cee85fd183add6c2dcb/mobodizewitulujawezabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/59318955823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/zujokodidabijuzaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b520353089f---38938368468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081555c657cc---badun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/35983570843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00b8b05f9e---dobugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/fekuluzurufenezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=free+fashion+lookbook+indesign+templatePDF 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_off0000e25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25E 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 4ac8a7f5a5ba1feecd2ce4a8b81d60a556f9b66e8395bd6b521eb2d10dc86305
font_01_sfnt_off00010fcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E3 11156 bytes
SHA-256: bae0b1b6d4e813bad8224d04af3d6f177a33ceb70a4c8487c7c8b478fd3c73cd