Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb44dd871ad88127…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c59e6d4233697d2c8adf204bf23989c4 SHA-1: dd3cb640ec65a22c57ad568f36485331915d0503 SHA-256: bb44dd871ad881275abb7ca7f7c2e5349b5e082d07278097e1967d132e3fa84a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=run+out+of+money+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/tewafimawamumatewobekifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/jobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/biratuserademinigizokubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defipuxamezunegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o2s9hcm1np9lm8lf5of9vqccd/lanuxubitulemalatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/28249606511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/bimotoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/nexovimowixebuniguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e310b792f6a---xuwewepovexerorodovinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/68116821108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pho32shabu.com/uploads/files/25275176079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/jalusaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/34878776543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52239642817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinetalk.jp/app/webroot/img/fckfiles/file/lejikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accu-chek-event.com/ckupload/files/64176088153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61323215777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9061e3587c958cf8fce34f843cba697/wewedalabebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/virewogunovijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b87fc186960ab386f9d5748f25f2ca3/64285859335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcf2a50df7---tinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b58e533cfc40c97eefe08e002c77c813/roguxebomejavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01hbt7jq3uq0rbsqit2kq9cu5o/rorefijegikudekife.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_off0000fe14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11626 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 193a02b264c9ba803821f03226497a890ea9b60ca3fc4b35bebca884e34677a3
font_02_sfnt_off00014600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14600 10504 bytes
SHA-256: a202b2968eb23fe2aff6c21eeb9621b5eaed46c60d6ea54b642a921071d6fc62