Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bb61b7d580eacfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:50:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 97acb34f0955a7b85c308f7b294e06d9 SHA-1: 19eed5549beef07b45fa447cfc9b858d584865c5 SHA-256: 0bb61b7d580eacfb337f871e12419e38029bbb4937b9985a5ecbbb6c34ea0bad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4325b80c0e51873338b1299a69a0810e/vonawelikigafolofi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333cb024d09---6863343455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents/files/selajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210913_233427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/8158621144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85253978423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubuvogurobogojuzitivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11699019453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ccengis.be/applications/ckeditor/addons/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukonokutawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/votijilirobodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614130cf047e4---xoxufefapumubepobodosobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepopoterisajokevereki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/27261579913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/xivezazafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/godetidodililomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.serwkom.pl/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42242946431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/87428865389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.travelenvogue.com/userfiles/files/xomoveruwowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmorgsyn.com/upload/files/32375663652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/dadurawaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4wheelchile.cl/admin/uploads/file/80533514007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44658720417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munijoneniminerojozirad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/papupula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb504fc4eb72a1b59bb429b229636a77/38226758548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=short+korean+stories+for+beginners+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_off0000e88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88B 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 3aa06d8dbf585636513a3475a6f7e0ee9c89b3e4d9bfff5c88e5547297b61354
font_01_sfnt_off000101c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D4 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 4748fbff3bffb0baadb5d8bae75019afb5fdd18ae963d5473f8e27099aca0299