Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb27850a8137ab26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-27 09:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7835ec41da49b65600bb9e2541afe42e SHA-1: f9af39cae95043677043bc77c7afb2082e11ed20 SHA-256: bb27850a8137ab2644da8682829a376ad5ebb4493830d0aeab644bd3cebafc21
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/pasewup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media//Files/34629595966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokezubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a1e3786dea141a9fb4de406459ba83e/92137567006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vejusenetijatulinigiledok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anjilh.com/uploadfile/file///2021043004230581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9a6720ac713af0fc0e11f79e81073c/tilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1atssgmfpadvnn846qbuit44mh/16352690539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/zifejamakubiladewubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/28971384065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14979f306---kipexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/67601086044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d7b30e6c8---23652756524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ac2e9ddfc5d4c488a13d9b15b9dc52/majirinagidagapebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b59c53d5f---fonozoradatoriposifovaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d1ea0965f7712a509ba9b3e4740239/divowinotojalosemosavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcdpkrp1eqjasd49t8sraujs17/28565374568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c9a5a0fe993b36aff6b18ed6cb1b8e0/91826914616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ac5fa7e69---xufamezimozosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc529c3a2eca618423daf5cb8c588268/34460367529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/48234775230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/27599425043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d95e652ddc---21421396735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=skull+game+arcade+games+for+salePDF 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_off0000f102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF102 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 54a3ce9c949441dbccc0ade65d83e95c5ecafc137dba7ed7ad9614fc8feef4f5
font_01_sfnt_off00011d20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D20 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 7e3cfa22d99974b0b7260b621e5cba12c5d4f0c886bd7f7e11f5afa6738beabc
font_02_sfnt_off000135d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1