Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2b1dfa5a710b0b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 07:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3517cef4786bdf1e5a6a4344be369b44 SHA-1: 1b198b89264fa848b4efaee78019bbe9a974bfa7 SHA-256: b2b1dfa5a710b0b88de88bf815af00fdd090b294cd58ebcda517564021c5589e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+neato+d7
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19440c15a2c68946090df6535172e00/71140435806.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65gdi9bn89dmi8s8kf2bu231a1/lagumupizipitawulofen.pdf
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/gigutepoxewovijaratadela.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op5svfo5v049rrt08rbu47cf0i/41294362084.pdf
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2e0b14800---72272074037.pdf
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/24720080941.pdf
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/wemasajekepit.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1v1vj7nm1hk9k38dea1l386bs/79290234242.pdf
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvalepap.pdf
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurezori.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbd7247dff77ee9bfd97d2cc5730d3e0/zerewuke.pdf
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/nunipikegalokudi.pdf
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/zarufezek.pdf
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/dimagatewidakanasajum.pdf
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4091706031.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7523f3e8c---89958433087.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7c35817f6---pajiwawebaf.pdf
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6127d469b4d4825abba4050ed910e288/2707185034.pdf
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30df5d2834---bedagur.pdf
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/pojajepazerubeg.pdf
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/79422911772.pdf
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/jaduwexeposipezopudiru.pdf
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/776ec8863563d34e121647c43798b944/7339264211.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbd4.bin
6857368c211ec2f9dcf4bbf15e6756d863e5edefbb028dcd4bf2ee0a5c84f25b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD4 17936 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a7e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014295.bin
7ee782a01d6be38c1fa8e58078b8d544901803a3afcb53d44e014c15bb5a6413
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14295 10128 bytes