Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bbc1b8de21bec89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-29 14:48:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 989d3a642bd7adef020e248276874317 SHA-1: 53bbe6dc6d85fea62afe8459b880677354f9beee SHA-256: 0bbc1b8de21bec89a8560d8b0912e3862225b412578e003613429f928daad4ab
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The presence of a QR code lure further supports a social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/xedamexorunob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://terremeraude.com/userfiles/file/lawakakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renesens21.com/ressources/upload/files/wizoxisilafoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8a27a5d6ca46fba7373f42ccd9430e/tawotolejopisafodivifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615186e62036b---tofixijuzeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/47780012787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/zakenutujotilezosagajojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/88151952379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615045c1eb63b---90826342312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faguaflowers.com/images/admin/file/nuzike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/89360193050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79572691975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/gawalozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/biworiwozeworem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/83212046943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/nirijemogitudafadumenaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafitym.kz/files/file/repepepapitugabifedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ccengis.be/applications/ckeditor/addons/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavewazoruvarira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/xaxukena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=propose+day+shayariPDF 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_off0000b342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB342 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB54 19092 bytes
SHA-256: f0bdb5899a6f1d0c1893add65ac68601a0abba7784f391f04bdbd86e8dc875b1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC77 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 2a0ff477b7afba270faeed6d925cc7dab1939ffc662cb24aafa5d9588c15c90a