Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb1094f9dd11bfb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:00:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 03aa7bfddec2e19c239be49f98dd8929 SHA-1: c51f5845412d56eea0933f366a7643555fdebbff SHA-256: bb1094f9dd11bfb91bbb935c028aa11a5d08b85ee9bc66d87fef7a1a03ef02ed
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites and domains designed to host malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with some links specifically targeting WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qr+in+android PDF link annotation
    • https://malmospelmanslag.se/userfiles/file/zubupinufesunelujesuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/66575789101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moriefrusca.com/userfiles/files/46965787693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witiragatowedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viceda.com/userfiles/file/jusesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/nubuwutabitorupajeroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibrahimalsada.com/pics/file/42226041404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otworz-biuro-podrozy.pl/userfiles/file/kazope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135492adf49a---13209521226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65199458576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f10fc7c0e4---vaxiguninesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353f0440cdd---fisurupevuxikonuwejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1ccba7a62---19637056829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99639757181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevian.com/images/file/sakubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/35230154193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341a0c46ec0---jalovubinonogubuzotamali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image/file/50590386984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog/file/61001020434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902130118607542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2hgghk.handylover.com/upload/files/rawibosojefuronulotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95985435900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/rasufebajesirakogikeguriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/72073742843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/vitoniloximumozes.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_off0001039e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039E 9856 bytes
SHA-256: c7d4243c8c56c67aeabd31049707da7b8f9399e96d073dc1daef3c3c74955feb
font_01_sfnt_off0001195a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195A 17876 bytes
SHA-256: f0f7e8ab3ba442e004acdb854e4ae9f48fbbb74c5efe9ad305c9bfb0f3063e12
font_02_sfnt_off000147c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1