Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d11b6b1f4eb43eb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:30:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c7b9d87088601c5f1960b0bceacfcbcd SHA-1: 986f97e829585725958aa9d28e6aa700e04a9563 SHA-256: d11b6b1f4eb43eb4d6dba356abf88c8639de8266f07bb7828d14fecba2d79462
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, forming a link farm. These links are likely intended to lure users into clicking them, leading to malicious content or further exploitation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hp+lovecraft+los+mitos+de+cthulhu+pdf
    • http://shiraz.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39516228009.pdf
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/86482989421.pdf
    • http://alpes-de-haute-provence.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8643445386.pdf
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79016703994.pdf
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/34350118793.pdf
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/lokomirobelinibobuzesugor.pdf
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/fosivuririjubotoko.pdf
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/gudugalidigon.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2059cb215178c8d0075dc5f76a1d88/turitawogamowe.pdf
    • https://senesi-sklad.cz/userfiles/file/mulufu.pdf
    • https://galerie-louise.be/userfiles/files/61874732292.pdf
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/4806437763.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/22829199949.pdf
    • https://gabconstruction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuriro.pdf
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/2300292484.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/28108408511.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4ab16400f---5182270134.pdf
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads/file/fimexojek.pdf
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxezowowilixibasidofinen.pdf
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/borigikusojozasanupuxox.pdf
    • http://stepasidemedical.ie/images/uploads/file/javedijinigovagekulebuv.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6b8ec6ba7---dajezabetekirubumubiwumuw.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364f13883cd---xawasisezoxod.pdf
    • http://izmirtavla.com/upload/file/fovofisovinipikafodux.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_off0000d89a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD89A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b1.bin
df4691d9045544a8d92231346ed3526c5b1436325d6be3bcf3100fb63aa0498e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B1 10936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a06.bin
359e38545ffedae9e0a4af62f42cab4a124f3d849b4c44f8314b31ce7f75306f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A06 20376 bytes