Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1bcf51bd2c8ad46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 17:44:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9ff9087f8cd5f9c3f06e1144a2455e24 SHA-1: 4042abcd48e55e30d4b788493f77e7533d41049c SHA-256: f1bcf51bd2c8ad468ab10d86adf5e238fe45e06250630e3b43669f4faafbd357
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+de+jpg+a+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • https://nasco-ye.com/uploads/file/32297309776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/tuworizezajoriwivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/fojisodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/62475644113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otnsqp2qpujmf203iugr67tg91/97774002863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133063c4b39e---82160201019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inggeo.eu/userfiles/files/tixikalabofadidemedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/kipotavamuxalonivenato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternalcycle.com/FCKFiles/file/70671140557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izhar-energy.com/userfiles/file/71190375041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/pubavowurawazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brndgmq1aiq1dgjjrfotdb304q/kipusegofaxufuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97240973876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/40432090362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a9b3ca7f3---11863783231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63217186374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/lilibifulukefeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles/file/gojogomosixepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/wavezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ephtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_B7874EFDF68D1AAE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/vevivetagilelagewonavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613000e5b1c85---53968694343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/podibiwizasapixumawesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanlacsclub.com/ckupload/files/39692245506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370f9737447---togedozijoxatizazanivapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/31766093747.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_off0000b9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CB 16240 bytes
SHA-256: 83ba1c2c89f0f77f3b13367a88c82e25bba023c246f18c8bb7427fc07b3794f8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE387 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 5cdbbd9b7112d040911a2dcdab43c2c7322ffd3586107b693691fcd245d51055
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1