Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1b0a04b77cb67f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 07:42:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3169b0ec0f0f8c978d48850bd7809797 SHA-1: cd6b1065e97e6439885a4757ec167275a36f6b06 SHA-256: f1b0a04b77cb67f171d5b6740540b074adb3c5a48c459dd955f3453fb89a3a02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download' call-to-action heuristic further supports the malicious intent of tricking users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://northcity.rs/slike/files/39155981738.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vucert.vn/uploads/files/kidosupemixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa8dc3d2e5864b533a0390ab618e0b9/2455741521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizabalalugeluzizozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/46347936685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadelauca.com/userfiles/file/53322989144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/13244795471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izyskately.ru/foto/ck/files/68119406502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/33240727373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/popaziwusamuximonakupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/97290654032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/zafukunuzajenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26667264833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/lowufetugukulujejuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--krmer-dnnebacke-1kb72b.de/files/file/41914792743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/nosusudaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f535e5e2e7830810bf582e3cbc60fab2/96808283013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ecbe3f24b---rexuvekemabulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d4eaf1c7949aeaf7e8dbb33dcb9c51b/55059548565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613880868c4f7---kafabimali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109110722386163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_B25CD38CEEEE7655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2c7bgjk0nqsbfbe0va2l4f041/seduxiganos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaldiskibus.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_CDBBB606B5A3DEC5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+manga+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000c58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC58D 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 24c0fa098236ac94dc1a5c9264a76ca64e4eb6a81d07224a4be3d14364fbaa34
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D5 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 7e3b035b6ed6558754e024659dd2c3aeab0d3c1b8c5879f42871c5680141b121
font_02_sfnt_off00010f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1