Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1b51a9482b6c2bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6ce36a224b5ee5ff83b5278e2240d5c7 SHA-1: 4b063a46e915e136932d9dcb19dd1a446c208057 SHA-256: d1b51a9482b6c2bfae74a1c4bb8c0aab232ec54eaaa74e9b9578d044123c872c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be disposable. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/xenegovewovaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/50486171783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/67733267663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/dipepipedarawasiteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a403a15fee1---16412833341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://byocamacho.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64848516218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvonenng1pi127g23anjnpeqo2/zipuxutirugulofujedibupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bc22aaf14---80076933059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a419b9c801d---1583733976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8gvinocaq0muo253kfu22bfbi/23462172181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210803054357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/43637155041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n11jhu7tm2ndohnqfm6cr29376/73383157127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/70302175777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4af921a981---85077563306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/fuxadatofobetujevaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d00e122c68---pujufafexajavasalipizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/wesavojeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce2c6981b8---xazopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4lce9egkv2m8f00und45cvet5/vawezagizazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa520f1406a---72043401909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/wozidomijilafaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=brokeback+mountain+pdf+francaisPDF 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_off0000fe65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE65 18524 bytes
SHA-256: e1b698118bd57e148ec8220bf8a8697dc0111c66f83b117b8df863dac1785d90
font_01_sfnt_off00012ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EA8 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 195693e878562a812968e5eab89c739c8bae7035403128f38e0380cd6a89034b
font_02_sfnt_off00014874.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14874 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1