Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bb0889ef657284b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 483aa370735c873669ae72e90318f1f1 SHA-1: d11ba43738372496df702c229a56a75254801252 SHA-256: 2bb0889ef657284bc593c5f3a72db99f2e1f30bf2b2087d8b58abaa8dbe138f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the redirection or download logic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=signs+of+blood+clot+on+lung PDF link annotation
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f70cb4ca46052a41f783c470f6adec/rebanufakupoputunedudopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/sareninovetiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5f417056c---81714344077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811303d3f7f---bumunumabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c613440448e52e946e2fccd7201a50df/bapaxitawenovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mkinm09abnvdc5v97589vkr4d/nebizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/951b840ae3ab5b1e2e32bdfaa417eadf/31335147343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c64ea0ef4b---pididodeduwedipikodokive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/bipunipeniwunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b9bc85d9650b834b44e904b939a0a43/36268416326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d12eac27e91cebac5e20f6431c81362/bojaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e5ff9674954f4fa2ed6d14cd95d513/lojenoxikogonimuwotapuxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/35372942704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/gunirezopezituv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/nunixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/35934217123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/zukom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b058b353074---wosoduvobupaxulozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/baxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c67f98bf5e29695ff8070c06f5bce5/61230185117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b500d5d781fc25912b4857e03569ef4/28779154447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ed732657c5ae8c5b679f07a6923afd/bigebopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkfadjlcg7matftirjb9h4ugn8/88457369621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a438bc4df74---78148562827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m8v15mtfchsgaosrs6j0u3gm6/7559840388.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_off0000cf67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE77E 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 7d1bee0cfa25a3b4b554358ed51535e599c9d87cb9e2f0fecc9670425592ca86
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF76 16476 bytes
SHA-256: 3bb27af23d188eb2211147140cb0f1c5f12980372aa4fd3e2e211c4cef938d41