Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1ef30fa35bbb5d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:52:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 189048c43b497b5d3ad5e7ed74c51568 SHA-1: dfb084bc6ac62208e15156d919e38c2222611a75 SHA-256: b1ef30fa35bbb5d1b68ad7778b844f6c0199c1629921f099f15678986096e600
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic firings indicate it's designed to host numerous links, likely to facilitate phishing or distribute further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385d680a2fa---zujapesebeta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eeda72a631---39375169485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614254fb3817b---bofazijekofebetavofebeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burnat-provins.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujelirodurubutotilosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/64001092857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketafaxibesezuwizigila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/48069237475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads/files/202109120938581350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk4education.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93537164826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/riboxaxododozonafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momentous-inst.com/uploads/image/files/batekurubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grnca.org/img/files/files/8457798807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9af5b3833760f85db3951a29bcce1e/95306998369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ors6dj7gg05m18s4unhgneiuhg/87603790262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nivaxidigesuwenarodufobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janjoling.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimixuwerewakofibelagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukijezubepuwasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/81803612511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84676264499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bd23e5691---12528822580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/nofida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66077443010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/nijugekubejowareli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/7264739328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=vertex+of+quadratic+equationPDF 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_off0000c119.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC119 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92B 16900 bytes
SHA-256: d035e70440565587ca6c538fca40b3fcf00ed398a7f8adc106a375350df34441
font_02_sfnt_off000104e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E0 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3c8c51dc9ed7b505e36b478a06215e8f38ed86cd7c6ed9f4bc3947d1aab0b9