Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bbd57d1b6dec50a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:06:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 42bd55d3689c3ce9cf151b05eb7dc822 SHA-1: 7aafae654e7d422a09fde75a08c2ee0fe2b02d5c SHA-256: 2bbd57d1b6dec50ab37dca7b7c14de68cdb76a1d9ad1d07d42f11507cfdfaeab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm on potentially untrusted domains. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further exploitation of users who interact with these links.

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://turismo-galicia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62203604496.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/pepitave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d04b7551a3---xefubanojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/xavabenebodowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufofuvexofepunemuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opsir.eu/files/file/69811522905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butilarelurixuwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/5667999099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/roxogituwudawuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365e4a0ee89---jasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoolteh.eu/galeria/file/22016776291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/60790108830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezananupatujeximafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/vididabebipagasatalupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/73491391399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwamefipobagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadupusibikemuwelagoresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/57640825028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marklaliberte.com/fckupload/file/57289386112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/17393395286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10377936695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/20401042755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/010901513510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/73826940317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae2f9b1a3333819f948a2a27268b6c4b/70648806024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=night+wallpaper+for+androidPDF 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_off0000de6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6B 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 2ba4c50d7e853d0470e79b9085ee7c97a3042ff4e15c06dc6452ab349da61fd5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB7 19408 bytes
SHA-256: a41066467b561e13993f145b4ea0efa49a4b7d9db12d7fdacab2a9aa93512466