Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb2845f0240e7f15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:01:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c7132d6f6dc9c366be1ec7cc96c33c6a SHA-1: 597f9e401a24d7d14e0dfbd3b47fb98190f396ac SHA-256: bb2845f0240e7f15da3ce276e5abc8c66571e64bd681cc69df5d1185247c31ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=keeper+of+the+lost+cities+book+5+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/31352169419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/4664869855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161037aa645cf3---mixifonapolesepasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/xufexoragimigago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7693b568f---rifagoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/57823278082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/48367245557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/79344312159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2p8etn03ktf7v5b4s1covl7l1/kudonazawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokobaxusinizasus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kolotisifetozurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanaf.ru/userfiles/files/72071368095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riosemarescentrodemergulho.com/ckfinder/files/90726946842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/gixuxevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phucuongplus.com/upload/files/pezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078303b4d529---23726371812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727128ad5ab---dudimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/mivekogejofowoveropobilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qd3q44rnsasjgsuihii821eib/87330276299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608149d6b4893---46711246829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078764c0b52e---maduxasobomexokuzupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/29406366777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e891044e6---warewobonovudosurapudir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f213ca7331---44233609791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/62094843518.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_off00010ceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FD 18872 bytes
SHA-256: ca55afb7df94467efe8dc35308f9691bd841301dc975cefec45aefa4f3ce661f
font_02_sfnt_off000155cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155CB 10808 bytes
SHA-256: d13e5c211c6dd9b6888f95ec5b7304195e94502107be2f28946b554be9799654