Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe1b1d2e9171381c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 03:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 77c064f46ab8285a207536d98f50bff1 SHA-1: 65ad09fb04a7268abfd680e40a977022b25a5ced SHA-256: fe1b1d2e9171381c1a1034b6d4ee0478df682da2930bee1c4ef8b2718c12379d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised websites or domains associated with link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and URL distribution align with techniques used to obscure malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021613646298700.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bd4c34d1a---43041328208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c3364cbeb---27083640226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/tedepopidugamoferipejojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reneenicoleevents.com/clients/865995/File/71714593217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e087d6be683b6e6096b6a153a6a56c/jixepiravanefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/bevorixawanuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9283915c339b15b4f6a9bdeeb42cc3/tomasidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_D87F9906C113AAE6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cb2f66347---98815780075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wanupusepedataden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/rikiwisufawufagojirepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210603204835964770z7r2shgmuk4c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9js7eg9au5m3itgl27svvdnovm/1015645681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsf3vhfb9om5jbn0aernucvoji/66129401398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0836431392---meguturofatitanuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/xaxesokobegijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///tobatumarogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077193e7280b---93731463895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942cf8a7b71---90951182089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15vch4bp06ui8p25q0hq4fjknc/worizapibipobazetamale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210627005629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6bcjt0es7qdpmpejsr7eju5h9/tilezeminatopujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=further+mathematics+for+economic+analysis+instructor+manual+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_off000104d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CEE 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 440cd242721c2ee8ae869c76da4d43872a9313b1b890fc674a76a2d2e406e2b7
font_02_sfnt_off00013691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13691 20236 bytes
SHA-256: 934506415a8001bc871a908ddaf494c7018a895b5902d838b4a2f4e57de4ad23