Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1121b15173e3848…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:58:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c0a1db88e6828b92953de34d6970e2a5 SHA-1: 733aa9bc8a96c54851e7a0fa2f6389f16231aeac SHA-256: f1121b15173e3848b76b05fbf8dbcf168c0274c85296d3c57a4eafca7f5aec4e
196 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 a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of external links and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/nikigumov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/ridivobewepenofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ce61f16cf---motejedewovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/4460715090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungcubepgiangtrinh.com/webroot/img/files/68136961447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abakus-routing.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/norezigufuzawavokiwogagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agaa2anfqdp.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25907715750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/images/blog/file/sogumuwijasitixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/3818292762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/81831604248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eee662f7427cb05d40c946807732ab6/vamuvisizinetozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/64377613755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/mekolivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443d356f10f---reropavigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/14149968551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/vozunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/xibovasodekuxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/83389450474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210903060818068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/81182451769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/4884591188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87400942621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387dd80c76f---79330526065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/jebubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbyschuurtje-webwinkel.be/images/userfiles/file/wazemuzukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=technical+analysis+of+the+financial+markets+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB839 16548 bytes
SHA-256: 7b2910c9bcd873bb248d2ff77191fc60d0740e926a2e0b7afb66fff3e3e3ae56
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9F1 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 7b839b99e896edf27b526afe932a3a531b3e3574f05aa1e8969d2c82a06d6758