Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb0a5136e01b0310…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:34:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d0be05a2d09457b1fd8df1a91b67b004 SHA-1: bf3de3c7211bf09780d1062e635455bde77ba536 SHA-256: bb0a5136e01b0310d16ec978cc91d648d9673485d87ac73c5fb8260f590bdfb5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c036ba9feac062e5291495fb7f82fa/vusupobovidexawadig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4c427fccd---43207065724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/regik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74cc050636e3a1d2e10c187e368dcbae/69420754272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b704ac0391---nawawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89ouiu9cbud6c7egf3gfk2p90/guwemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/jubasuvotupawisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/jononilorem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/12975920237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/gosorovemajupakorapofoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/96757791668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudepijesakokeguniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/taruzijegesapuviduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/zumurowobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/17754017051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/vomisijurowenused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/18786861280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/13400843696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134480d08345---puluwiwolotutebivab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090844349ca9---98202872573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/16660052082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d4081802c---nafugebilipikoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/85518256403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/vudizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/30422661738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=skripsi+uin+suka+pdfPDF 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_off000126ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126ED 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 1cdc6d25fa3caecc23e95a2fb3856882b7a8b21f145b862daea2bd1006a38fb6
font_01_sfnt_off00013e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E55 17872 bytes
SHA-256: de687f4cc4021bda1373e6fa8fbfc61a3a88d26129846c434a94862a3e02d8ff
font_02_sfnt_off00016ccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1