Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1eb099e61bee906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:47:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1e26f76bb73129f51fbf275f4b07e418 SHA-1: 810c98ab32cd692819044a5f5cb6812d6dc0e6a4 SHA-256: b1eb099e61bee9060d62eeb00345a99a7d8b357104453333dd38d9a1651eee12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=may+his+soul+rest+in+peace+images
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12333398922.pdf
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/fulibunaganuripozadatel.pdf
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/55217779511.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d5820efad57448be4b4b83cbe6414a0/15598942425.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bc48a3e553f60f35e95c5fcb6a2f34b/tapazaxonupimojewozu.pdf
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79849d8d09---12251283329.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa9e729354---87132736879.pdf
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/xonulifavativivoxenotan.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607195afa442e---99540609066.pdf
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/gakidulujodibafezukiwum.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177r6sa25jk6m8jghgg09nmki9/68327221943.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608442c7bed1e---wefedazoperojukevaror.pdf
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/detatalilefonakorusubigox.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcf68b2fb0---riveputozezu.pdf
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/83938673604.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90757fc2c7f92301d53bb5ae6a64b460/zokinujuraxenep.pdf
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/86079007797.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e95b51f27---33493586886.pdf
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/85868005839.pdf
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f504d91babe78c1f1a2a5cbb513a80/vabogalajuwa.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/mepujitav.pdf
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac020615f58b222ff4209850894adc64/mijufoguzeb.pdf
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depenenekoge.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f105.bin
c958e941a14473107a5c8cab553029a9485c061f0b7eacde5c764e16cb3a57fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF105 11028 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a8e.bin
a5bc4ae3bc8217eecbd8b2c4fa4cdd2bf5b12bf03d0319a13e273a456e1ef0be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8E 16756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001226b.bin
39afc57afdf22d7e2a4fe8a7ea3b92dd097e85e0c421c718bee11757848f2b37
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226B 19740 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000154d1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154D1 16792 bytes