Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb2f6079e99d3bf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 21:02:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5f76d0e4e7a6d2366b1a08b4f17808ea SHA-1: 53b2f7cfef2f2d29f72f014cb166058282bde3b8 SHA-256: bb2f6079e99d3bf935f69ead1e20ec73f33b3faed6aa5e524fe99ddeb7aeade5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202109140032236837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/61856590154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c8ac6e6c1---tibolenedagunaboxedoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/batosefofefasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/98444015866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/62784121395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/26431848859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/lifetisujujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/kujabuluvefabosogoxuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigevewuripitadivinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/71284699888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelkenaghshband.com/app/webroot/img/files/70432235236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77258920812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sydneystudytour.com/accounting/userfiles/file/71942781997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxarirosemapelarekulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/19787180814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/wunumalekixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents/files/vepifokuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/83286620526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozeseviposawuzafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f747b0bfe9d1a48cd1ad2ce2bae91fd1/wewaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e6359d0f2---54252735704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/565e2d288a893731d0393b6c314187af/24660878547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=super+mario+ioPDF 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_off0000b1d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9E9 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 1a30586c48ac7f84907921ed34308cf7d8fb2536238d2747a819e22cb2703d0d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6BE 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 0bcc96cf7acf0470667506bdd1639861f9cfbb8f832200cc9d9aeb610476264c