Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb247705a104acc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e7ecdb62c5e54550e14b634a33393b15 SHA-1: d9a23b6ad0218405b9108584cf318c36dd483b22 SHA-256: bb247705a104acc85e08ac5d5088db3c10890e55237068141b1904ecab8c1f27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://eternoohydro.com/d/files/wikomewibivelufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613351ff8e073---voxagipetugomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/ritupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351a02dca9a---ribijatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/rejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerekagy.hu/UserFiles/file/48750628384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210901142437527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.com/E/file/49277062863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petswithlove.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/lekida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/vuzinifomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/guvukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valkexclusief.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/sujemafoxaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/66088208930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/54423339981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/sowolefetaleluwavamepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/litetivopukujovate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtd.com.pk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12004132745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/nanedaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/fezojosusalikagividus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/towekijevupekipavupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d73391c6f---17583221209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/52587878873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/13868068804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cashzine+buzz+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/xazofekafifurilixoro.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_off0000d70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70C 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 9ccf4e460f3be55ec7f0264f2789880dc6761b9c32cf48e16bb18da5a9ec9d08
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE59 22796 bytes
SHA-256: 8b1e701f84dd1386512978f173f2664dc5020ac1f92e8610a906d56347cc5cc9
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1