Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9bfcf1e2f2536b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f36f22c885ba8d1dadc6b2e5fd27d2cb SHA-1: df77d7a8363eb2a6b4274da858838cb2984b5f9d SHA-256: b9bfcf1e2f2536b454ed3f8f9452dc8de6cd300245f6bd322f7c70d325a9a7be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+country+doctor%27s+notebook', are likely used to distribute phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+country+doctor%27s+notebook
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724cd10c188---49480729828.pdf
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/kizukawepevovizawape.pdf
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/152223594984.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79b83d983d8f19fabb4d8f7eecc0735f/767578991.pdf
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d229a2d968---3359249003.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ecb12f7a0---8300578726.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c5d8188b3---38873845353.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69987e30d0---32520208401.pdf
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/70810116614.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5a22c3680feb33c182e4a8fb7cc7f1/wukikebodupep.pdf
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6becd6ca79---pajefazusudonigasikivabon.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e7f90b9cd---zifujogemebe.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dc061bc4b---38506767059.pdf
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/162268445763800672032.pdf
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/vofelinejodixo.pdf
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/12198530665.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2f3313e54---zikotodadasaw.pdf
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/wozuginoxusitozegu.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6d2ab0143---21954136657.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fbc0314bb---nizavigibataxibujuduzu.pdf
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/95731454462.pdf
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/29376069801.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d98f1942d---99344702624.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a001753d63a---fasavadoxode.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18924e2b41871472ae7e7bd7b828b0f/kibezobiwuredunesopaniteb.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d9df66cd3---pitufekagifazozu.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_off0000cbc0.bin
54e8427c3262f3df25b0f87ef6536e63756793c657a4eb2f2c5507bc3f9bca9c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC0 17336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f92a.bin
164d625a670605625862240e5610c33673ceabc8126d00c0af6fa0146dc85f9e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF92A 10524 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001116c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116C 16792 bytes