Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb166c998c956b60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

166.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 14:48:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 1110b5ae94f04178bc21e4e5041c9581 SHA-1: 337d284d162622ce012168dab44c644362a49021 SHA-256: bb166c998c956b60e11554e733efeb98a94831e53fe052407e093819a78de38c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage, coupled with a visual download button, suggests a phishing or SEO poisoning attack. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9539

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 http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/nowonurizimimitinubafiwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6e241eb973dd8ea97ba6cfe3c6f6c6/pajefite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/batug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/639917bccfc3c21c9ddce10caebc1e40/24556157174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/44693489134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/jubudowelerarifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/xaduwamaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/binezezarelepovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/95319949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8b118d902b---regukunulufitizeragofatig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ea4270359---gemeguzopifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/49169442797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/povufukavugesumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758f828ba37---xanafasumelegagatevola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/figujitigata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfc3e793a6---sifubologuwixowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000b9c9bb5919e2e59089f4deb4e9063/48729462345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/68234891954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t9to4rg27q3tcstede1gqs9e6/46007670826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608138dcc5e18---jevotajipudefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/26046504859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/guxugavigowubifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/25435161558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/madojexupedekagopusawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=realidades+1+capitulo+5b+answers+page+96PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00020e11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20E11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002261e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2261E 4332 bytes
SHA-256: 2f48878309d87d43f2f96c61db6c17660354e2071f51108793d9992ece2fe5ab
font_02_sfnt_off00023683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23683 11580 bytes
SHA-256: ecffa1a78aeb344158723f012204675304db48c9e9f09db9731f7c44c2a8041a
font_03_sfnt_off000251be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x251BE 21480 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0067e66c114463adbf0f45b0290f217999ac4751997743965f0d0ac7b8d25c