Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1ddccbd1035062e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:30:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 37cf2149790d91b584a7dd3f5b5520bb SHA-1: 001bcd792ff46bc434bdcd0deb00dada77b1967b SHA-256: b1ddccbd1035062e5cd0a303ba69fabb1d3087aa634ff13c25c0674ff53e7061
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users through these links, likely to phishing pages or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/24438161259.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c65f57c2966e7f336bd4a3d3b3ceda/kujirure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210804122921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82982672178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulewifetezolozidujafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16973d6bc3f5d3350bf837d41ec3d54/kuvumobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/301715069813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/roliwuxazepigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c547fed079b---maberokejopimulerug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/67084423025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-aerosol.eu/userfiles/file/tarabofidarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/51733051574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/pufasazoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moyaexpresss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevumogumenavoxara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161074b27e7fa1---57102950655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-noginsk.ru/upload_picture/file/zofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ue19eg9llcol22hcg92h68pt45/89639003801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/32132365836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1ai/files/file/walovoropulikoxojali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/demefanodojepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a12766283---xiwerofemogoxuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39570d278d---21649177007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b65e5d0a6f9560fd1889c6b898d2a2/64649631567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4045f3672---disilasotivogabifamirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/xesemovefolewafanibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=siemens+openstage+15+hfa+manual+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000c6d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D6 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 4717efce2a1b66a20ebe28c08deebd52061383650843a3a6282c68e2408c860a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EA 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 21c2b4672d58c841ac620f57900ffbe369ae566c7c3818c44cb1855c6e39e03d
font_02_sfnt_off00011067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11067 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1