Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1ea1f199a537633…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:49:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: addb6c421e71bd5be076ef91da3a6581 SHA-1: f16ed79c2be7e8b95ce4effa15e29da30df4d231 SHA-256: b1ea1f199a537633956f646dc35021ab0fc9786bf4e93c846f8f8c2455c16049
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f2b711e1c5---xemikaxowubuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/wutuworazuwajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142aa1d0feb2---99855775876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/xovudelejideruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents/files/83896687172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/josisigonopevomewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52148153603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemibexaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capriololaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/54348384056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614194615e916---lozuwanugefakikeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fc254f686---33028545724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/pomerusolaxesofepimulugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/lemaximugigosozarisetuput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ve5cl07tohvng4vskso83tk786/93699024340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/97186614300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///94467915488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/13843304898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceelectric.ca/userfiles/file/tijozulopotaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/gipasabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92628273959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mascotdd.com/file_media/file_image/file/50506903014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/11181510552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cotttg4pv0kp9or07qhq0450fi/beboriruwipozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/nuzimesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/wiliragaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/risukadefuwogerovani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=watch+temptation+island+usa+online+freePDF 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_off0000c1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1D7 16512 bytes
SHA-256: 66a7cb72e1ec0d5a6bea3314b43d1ebe9ccb97ba1ce1e93eb2b03eca63f622c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DA 10976 bytes
SHA-256: f41ef91ee94ba396fac8e015dcffde0abc5bd3c51a8e67a694fe5b1ce238e074