Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1f283c67c815362…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ca14ebcd222e0b68a4fb9863f526825c SHA-1: 27d218509ec5c9e29adcdd9d8a11f97850b727a7 SHA-256: b1f283c67c815362b431334d991297a4366aaed3060bea85ac2c122563f37a7a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frst1ai2iaobim06te9iai54b0/15475552100.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68931178266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/gogufibibekanevawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4o452aujggc0v6opsbces34g7/14149688854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d82f2653a91---68117734263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehhs1969.com/clients/6/67/67a0fa02f482ea8575b7cec7429e43a8/File/61895106946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/36194268218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee3b0286fe54c67797ba05133d67d080/15648918029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89878666629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aca5315701---19507842071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandstone-egypt.com/userfiles/file/45911524283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaaef54d84d---72844979271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/saxatupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4431jdna2vp7f7vuppg66l4o7/37176366102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/kusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e23a6d63c2309db3d7f04b0f4625ff/41119275383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/34128416185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/32975072757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782b5bea06a---7147028410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c241f1cf338---susezuvumipixidixuvoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adb3663f5a---15455613579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84933aaadc823fce77bca45fa7dedeca/setekimamopusixubesegijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee9c17ca93---kafamojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=foxit+pdf+double+sided+printingPDF 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_off00010d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1B 18496 bytes
SHA-256: dd7b7bc7399288c1b6c3086c6ed6873e30af6c2425c7691208da2806ddcc98e0
font_01_sfnt_off00013da1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000155b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155B8 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 4cc3b6575f72b016ce69e2b0d3beb81358e969ce273226db358ae31c83a985f7