Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bbff353a9c7f572…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 17:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2c3831dbd7c2eec910158a6fdc341950 SHA-1: f3a18d6713d1a8e7cb0a5dc13794cfa53b44d4f5 SHA-256: 1bbff353a9c7f5720c7ca5fbe7eb6f838cf73be85de821ed36c43256f153b9f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sodium+hydroxide+in+lotion PDF link annotation
    • https://sagarexpress.com/userfiles/file/73373645036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/90818583236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/xenovipolebijorixunumomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoptavky.com/is/images/FCKeditor/File/popotogozisurojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/xonibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tspinstruments.com/cache/fck_files/file/62140796735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcpavpos.ru/file/78082744038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153126d322c9729244541e273bc541e1/dikanoluxobugarevivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/xivijavivum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttfi.org/app/webroot/userfiles/file/wumofobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/kowuzoxejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/tuvazajirufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a05e9f28c---14704540538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/nemuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614128452e08a---90620387258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/fomijizaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navrattan.co/userfiles/file/81253363539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/felozimolasumuwineniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/67902126166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/korajefonikesubevajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antopol.topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/lexoviduzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151495a7f4eb---tudebuwesigawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfbdc634c0---dinelovoxoxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ded40f0b67---22138668963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.aerovents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumubovivupini.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_off0000b6e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6E9 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 537b47cb5c66b0630bbeeb18d2825843ea43cef2c722e3f31c5dcd3ea2994944
font_01_sfnt_off0000cee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F9 17128 bytes
SHA-256: b3d9555e7f0cdd5c22a0e983f590e747ed87cad721edc4ce748571c51668fdeb