Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1eae86b4b26dd37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:15:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9b5f070dddbcbb7d71c5fbe0dabe5512 SHA-1: 72ce42412ba853ee11a8c8861afc2159b8bf15d8 SHA-256: b1eae86b4b26dd37bbcb6cc87e72b2c4c37966d67404897b54a687f5b7ace4e6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also hosts numerous links to external sites, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/63133804214.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb20cc28a8f---78746753329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e031807f26d---79522145975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/10745112409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9ba4f5f8df---38193830863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3725ae29d---tubepudukedugapisokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/50038109183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee45a10cc33---linanidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77821546764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/rowariropukakivopepavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/basolarewasefesovimozozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpk-m.ru/files/file/23864281374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c74367a4ed---29686784081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f84104e042873c4af43e9c930109b8d7/19189847853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/63596209820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be346e27839---86921032681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/43843674528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/rapagajanesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/jukeginevopafulitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c1b91cf30e79324817e1005e9f205c9/29615786496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boissee.fr/userfiles/file/41639540343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072947da8bcc---tekisigaruguxakixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/82274945384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85bc553b6bb3424ba353e367e4346cb/82095810200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=download+aplikasi+convert+pdf+to+word+bagas31PDF 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_off0000bdb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB4 11404 bytes
SHA-256: bb13a0b48d1bd9ed5dee9239c8c43dd9226790c83ef3fece5831c7270b3fac3f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD873 17124 bytes
SHA-256: c23baaf91f7d631030fd9fde959bcd046048aec3830e5ce82141e506bf481a09
font_02_sfnt_off00010520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1