Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bb76c88be3279b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 08:29:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b63945050eb5192586c1294b58471d48 SHA-1: df4b36c8ffec940604e01e5898ba55f52d5841eb SHA-256: 2bb76c88be3279b00b8d00fc1baa5fe8aa853349bccb5946ec8a8d0932d6a43f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2e766765e---49774641544.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/89566928978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ffad21c4b---kasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef81a4a41d---tajimexivejegiluvadonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/47283526769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b988a414d4---femasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/43985514198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/kazojeketageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/243f59dc946d12ef599448f8862a9780/37436539039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43f26e66f10f5eb2645e3b846ef4978/32773593746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/81582855847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/seseved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0779e17d4d---xafusisotijonixerusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/buzolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillhouseclassof1961.com/clients/c/c9/c9b049383fb65e98d0a4dcab6c176392/File/sidogukeporijuzozoxejuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/sozimofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitoursegypt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89791349543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/pifenadotofaraxiniwifases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9vt6revlgh8h35ou1jl37ev1b/lasokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/14052923044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a6302dc84---57464208288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/zokowidur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/kagefiximiselaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/resusobupedoxuxomarofasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/58859010004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=excellence+hicolor+reds+for+dark+hair+only+de+l%27or%C3%A9al+precioPDF 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_off0000ee4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE4A 11096 bytes
SHA-256: b09a82114e0192e4ce99b589286e6669132113f5a62fd91cfd2846aa2f8ab1f5
font_01_sfnt_off000107d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D5 18588 bytes
SHA-256: 62c0ae76efebeeee0982d6b168b2c4560049263f2e5964d22f696f3a08a821f2
font_02_sfnt_off000137d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1