Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb149c15b11373cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-07-23 02:53:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6a7befe71148178ad60badcf1b47faf3 SHA-1: 6df333079f426f14f14ddab1f9dd32036ffdec15 SHA-256: bb149c15b11373cb5d2d7b2d5df3925ee5cc2caa34ee7b60e08488964aa35379
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings point to a pattern of redirecting users to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/95137459145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cd4055d28---tekaderusobofago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cac59a625---karimuvudaxibinirobidizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selmanoglusigorta.com/userfiles/file/fedujixusesotepopuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicubrno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vugowixosositoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a108a242367c6bc40f792688692e7562/xanolowika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86640687859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c393065d9f4---94210668732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088072eaed7a---51173339018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/50061789834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianspradlin.com/userfiles/file/gojuvomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/kewakimazide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/lenozuxijavoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3de041ceed---50475804511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/66256129040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/74267854284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellerbeefamilyreunion.com/clients/874543/File/1991844253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a289d966a6bd88530a31207ddbcf985/86021714581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608285561f145---xipowirad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/zolamexetokap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddlk1bq17um2s83bslsmahegg6/97284797307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4986aea69246f7137f8be7a4c7de89cc/89476621231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4a6eaa78---kubavupawamowosufifero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/kotexadofobijugifabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=his+helping+hands+applicationPDF 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_off0000de11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE11 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 1cceb0a5522aab4cf9dafa4ff64b08a486a17648e75aa07db705706b51718d00
font_01_sfnt_off000109e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FD 10684 bytes
SHA-256: b8eb432e31ba1180b78595e234f04032ad3ac3178ac63e6f18c0d4c7d1d07f76