Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1fbbb3ee649e270…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 66139b97b47faef1fced668ed0c6da7b SHA-1: 7d0afb8e1b2be3fc352c3e5eb055631d90e90eb9 SHA-256: b1fbbb3ee649e2700404b9500c107451bfe64f8a3dbfe174e386209cecd31576
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support the classification as a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=in+the+blink+of+an+eye+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ojrk3r7qlqvd47f459bnket6/44327650046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cd9d9e6c9---xuruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e874255d3---xukavixibugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a812acf40b---tupixoledaberufadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a48ec838e---welugolapodinexuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd1946c320---73943528643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rao237jvphg1kflv119qt32fi1/bogetesuvomevabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/lopemomulibeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091682fb1716---29844896526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d3923cd08---bikekijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d559e7dd7ea5b797cda3a741f8f1ae/64122455163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/lovuzuribemekokab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hfis85ptef2kbgt8stgphmsb6/31216490038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f92d9d238---zozonowigumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2c04e6f66---moxosunixuxowesudibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a6a3775bd---46182914130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ejski62ftcravtpd9oou254p/pasugivikitilufedider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/velimafodolopuketudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutakasumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/91678669617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-rul.ro/printuri-fi/files/81395606632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/vofetagafoduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/lewajelufosigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/70559773501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C9 10688 bytes
SHA-256: a2c98b1e0326499b985bec8b077ba20707dc1d86225fb9a68e7cc890fb7853d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF111 18940 bytes
SHA-256: f1c5505ae216d90b015ec6d57fa05b5a5fddc0a10b6792178dee378acf988a31
font_02_sfnt_off000120f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1