Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bbc6bacca890a0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:06:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a0ae143495d72db3d64aa6cc06a05b7a SHA-1: e27742ffc2d6afc87a66eae0cb2e6787ba40c0f8 SHA-256: 2bbc6bacca890a0b8a5836a2e621e148be37c1d5a16aed6799230a2aee7c7d31
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=karl+marx+the+eighteenth+brumaire+of+louis+bonaparte+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17927414ebbdd632f9b8b67f07b17610/dibuvivowubudunedibanijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffb7fc4467a---tiweronoxedure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/sakegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079862c2d3b1---30668935223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/jilob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/60964244725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/63663032375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82470114767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/89216352457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8274211086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/9326790671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe7cf72e96---zibunonaxozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/tixudofexufutoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/74479749081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjbbono4bk81bm3q0beip655f0/90908073608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97902606237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroofservices.com/clients/b/b8/b825a24af54c157c196cf52173d75bf0/File/kexuxipugevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b997715cbcad7de8464302dedcaba4e4/venuzubulinuwiwumipexoset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28077333924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b05bd5717---49649879604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/74528479570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/duxusasugidubisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonuzipovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infunplastic.com/d/files/21891907801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789f7185275---29339258091.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_off0000da15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f22c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22C 11276 bytes
SHA-256: aaeb3cea4f955a7a64193c7e21aad9a38e683e3945e6e520e848975116c64a7b
font_02_sfnt_off00010c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C06 19236 bytes
SHA-256: e33ad6433e8a5683961871b3f0668c34b6aee885847178bec1c593bc21c05b62