Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb023fd81c3a6dbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b797e3605835f4c76c6eca20454928d1 SHA-1: 2ae0fc18f7275c6d904fae7784bead122b23c835 SHA-256: bb023fd81c3a6dbe4d3e49fa6f80f9f2c244b107377f378b9c9e22c7e5a74f72
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address, which likely serve as lures or download locations for further malicious content. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibotaripasuboluwodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f23541d350---67759317585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/94380029704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3ad60df96---49393524835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daa97de8bb4700d8981ba54926dc5f6c/sovulamumidomavazona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97390590848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewufevaxeruwodefoxa.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/demazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleni.cz/userfiles/file/kuwemovetijopudububixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210913140201_a2F3ZWR1d2F0dQ==.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/luzojuniberunazotiguviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/76704021907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210910090022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f91dba1385e9300265f818f74302858a/zivotitamoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4237565568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzsienis.cvzona.lt/resources/img/files/kipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/95217466727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs/files/68713585786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/5903290174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/kezulisanimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopuxuzid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/damitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6211acdf6ca362a3bd0679568fbe7cb5/fumubenamugajorome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yumasri.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuguzurivolafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gesema.com/UserFiles/file/10447924293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=darkness+rises+mod+apk+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off0000c6af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC6 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 9edb9fba74170260a668f1a2570c3efc52fe4710b4ca6e323b340f87ea419215
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D5 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 2f9be35a7e928179a192a4fab67d2b4bbc8c206bfab91df9fbdc6b7e3cfb76e3