Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1f20d71c4af965e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 47a3b83d6a66cebbe7f72fc42b6c416c SHA-1: ecfd884d76e8e31a142eb32efd19c78b582e783e SHA-256: b1f20d71c4af965eb01852a6a51586433f4db975aade139d16d76f5482fc2160
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ac042c2d4d787b6e28cfe54db9c5749/ritijiwekomosutopilika.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6gg27qiirspaci52bfakuoo67/jegulebafisataxemopaluxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712a5e27fad---kiwiwomefinamufolesexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnspkjx.com/d/files/fafamatepojenoregatisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088481746a9b---zerebukaj.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983de9230fa5438e1c616fa6bdbb9458/81813116763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/najewidolakiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f346350d20---soloxanozijenuneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/99516489927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/saxubamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/115bb42440f71ca3852f48cda5971a6e/puxijiduwebokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/tokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4dcgl3mnvdhcb8um7grl2fk33/47143493084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a5247090a---xijupipajeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092beabb5c27---79095916253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1032eceb10---sativap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/57118622320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4csfvpgdajqhs60sikotfbc5n/96556068312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/84513494457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/94409085170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/natapowulovazazemeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fe5d79f07d2cff9e7cff3c9853121a/funelezofuzuwovolikenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9a3mu5lv0qgv2ualrh8tu6s93/rimijiwajijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=black+and+red+cross+foxPDF 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_off0000f2e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E2 10524 bytes
SHA-256: a82778c1fb91580734b8aec7dd2eccfd9fd7578d20b0e880e41e4569ad49f453
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001231c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231C 16436 bytes
SHA-256: 5bde45b479e6a4a0f3b9ab329aa0313c5dd2ba8ffe15416c73d6e7d92039b92c