Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1fbb6bb468a7d17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8f8bd45abd71104c354bf0ef5f5a7b69 SHA-1: f921dac14d3dfbad2facf38acb9fe5ba80d200d8 SHA-256: d1fbb6bb468a7d175fbd2d65f34dd670ca173915fbb7e5502469c88325be0625
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to obfuscate malicious links or redirect users to phishing sites. The PDF also features a large number of external URIs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=level+10+town+hall+base PDF link annotation
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a254a59504c2077f2b03bed966bb12a/wiruzidizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/vomolunilodegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/10678160786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa91573fc23---timalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2597f3c87b614d61047d4a35df7785/95204017964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/84162507736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5716ec6070---42134424677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfcc3e24a0906179c143d982e6c16617/tidazexewavogixiperinedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primer-spb.ru/files/files/35603067264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f16f3e8a3---88232505762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57a43824495814f5bc0d12074301bb3/pinafufemafaveduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bcfa46f5c---nexagupobubukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47397398781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d659410a9aa---94146353774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/safolabasedivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/tajubelotudevakimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/94352860521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/72413416790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/debodiribisuvigimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/44547957258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/xusutemizajorukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texusiremibufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cd5c903062cbc7c2b6bee27091beb35/98944303009.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_off00012b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5E 17728 bytes
SHA-256: cccbd0ab8cefd84c2e21c06f97a5328d4469ef1c3213b18fc2924561f88b40c8
font_01_sfnt_off00015997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15997 10436 bytes
SHA-256: fa481304fde9891d01b4d0d9895d57b8cedd360e979609027a24b794b5f493ce
font_02_sfnt_off00017155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17155 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1