Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bbdddf76f2469aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:38:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6a531827ea839d725230f99d602efd23 SHA-1: e970bed447ec79456f623ed291aba79d7f094347 SHA-256: 0bbdddf76f2469aa38f4f198fe6bfa853d22795c4c2328bfcb4cf0a72086aed7
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 WordPress sites acting as hosting locations for further malicious PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc63198041---likewejokatoleluje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofanugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mi092il7faujjots5l88nf6ra/ponibolizimanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valkexclusief.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/33726568073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/varodefodevibuxikoloxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziravoxametekajidalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98b496e65b63f00f9a55007d761ee066/rabutaloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/23236414091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f24a983403c9ccdef858f7b59058d0b/27966025966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/82976770322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41145234ab51856c76aafd7c26b0cd46/14829422759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c11bf76e---91391951155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc21e00d60---65423154041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7baedd55aa2c8c573b6e6935585756/vifezebekugokifizili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960vonsteuben.com/clients/d/df/dfb5e1b83ea85bfdc5ef1da934264264/File/dadijofosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralajesuits.org/userfiles/file/86906203578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb33f48a9db0809beb195ba8d1ac4a3/winen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860b65345f2---feminof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duef.ru/public/file/tebuxutodubutorafubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c021829b6---sulopedazidirawikulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757d89a0d5c---66480805941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/36048378360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=line+6+fbv+shortboard+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_off0000d23b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD23B 18356 bytes
SHA-256: dc626ccf297b62bb9f7298be596ede2c6fd0bac84108739a7447ebfa240b458f
font_01_sfnt_off00010164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10164 11192 bytes
SHA-256: a6aa1a997545c79b1aded80ed8b27f665f419dd0d1f5f19971b9ebc9c04615da
font_02_sfnt_off00011b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1