Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1d438db90fcbb82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 57c0257d529ef60f66d1408962ea586f SHA-1: ee367e7bf58368e4efeca1ae017d4d5bf486c667 SHA-256: b1d438db90fcbb823cc3f8d72a15493eaa476283a3882b08b9e56c3976548fa3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It employs an image-only lure, typical of phishing, with embedded links pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The document's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ifconfig+linux+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/88016712634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/puxugarizuzifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/51495527356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heydarbaba.org/resimler/files/zakimotavofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikico.net/img-tym/files/11027802526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/32807490591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/90251924447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37ba71cd24---39682465829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210605104910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed2d67fb6f13bbcb47e1688205ccb82a/88947294005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/pujifobipulego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/verujowopaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecdb98b439589050e39c711f5c10277/2560815743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d74a8ea15e165b82e7481bfd9a974ba/dadedawepagafularagiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202108311316461913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/25785671559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd4ba0f808---42561845381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/jixipatuwirevupujemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjf2cssja7e1gt0657gtvsutts/bosilumedukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/9226641004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgqnc2rste14bppcqk71odncjf/2958466722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca7b168e8f---tamexokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/19499255699.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_off0000b342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB342 14288 bytes
SHA-256: a8e7b0fda20b5ec8e089f57ef8652d1bdeece288a51f63d6cb8c56d3792e4878
font_01_sfnt_off0000d68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68C 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 1864700c506d4c182dbd29e92298518816b4a8d66135d3af22407af51917d76c
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1