Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb1498660a114cc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:52:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 55b1dd9465f52f2a71a484c35e5813a1 SHA-1: 627de6bcb23175e0015478dd6fccf4bfd9d2ee37 SHA-256: bb1498660a114cc3bd450175599f6014e65bd89bbb737e150fd7963e637e3496
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports the finding that the document is designed to host numerous links on potentially untrusted domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3309016d1af00365cea6cacf4f203a5f/lasemapisigarisarifixedo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jpcadonate.com/clients/4/48/4863a0bac697dd4b44f4a1b1fb44835f/File/velalirazatiwofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/52830831082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/94083594742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/pekide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/mufuzobazoboligikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0af0d701f8---zumedalujexejonotubafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f746f6ee67ec36cc5f923217c04e3af/70108850856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/lawagegukukedubufibejonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309327190c808e7ffbadf01564ba5f76/83640581436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490ef1d937c5f9c56524f0b8cbb59679/pululovosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/19512370136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a56c7su90kubhegvqri4etotdd/degekuwonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/xilufuselewevuxamopejoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/dunaxumavibebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///dezovuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/rukugasujeregiketujitikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818ff24bb4c---41783075783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e5357a699---zufofemenefawomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qazaqbanki.kz/data/content/files/zataliwegesorevikip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877d7e3e095---90397874018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/lojuzazonemopijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/bujizuloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=stockfish+chess+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_off00010b0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12321 18724 bytes
SHA-256: aa5e2528934443a13540517a1ec03d45365e38541e24737c574746076e8e453a
font_02_sfnt_off0001545b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1545B 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 79c2aba70ba80553f5775bfe0576467cff94f409242d04eccef45e4df278d47c