Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb486fd5cfa0f14c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 20:44:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cf55748e6e0c25c838fae47066860dd0 SHA-1: d1804a893793d8baa7dddcecfe50769ca9a55a53 SHA-256: bb486fd5cfa0f14c96a7e36f6e94b068b359f2f3bc0a91865a385a44a387eeec
164 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 WordPress sites and appear to be part of a link farm designed to attract downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing lure for software downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7ilqo6os0dqh38ju7p1840mtu/fizuwivoromexizudus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4f4a8ee24---kosako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99m9q1hegf8v117r4btgfbemo3/moduvovoriwupixadufojapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23e47db0d4---67032144736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targdenunti.ro/userfiles/file/78396171230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/rakupogotivurexotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59a7a3a970---34675895883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607106045be7f---bibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/7473673308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/90276137220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/wowusolosupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/novozupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/mexuzazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rps7sa3gdl5d0jeh68fsk53t4g/89537858075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qazaqbanki.kz/data/content/files/similavomoxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4cbfd9177---61871067208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasfyy.com/uploadfile/file/20210602224947721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at-studio.tw/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210714_123043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/692cd9a1ece974b1bf65a691349547da/61551548130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ef1f99417f985b90ba41c1d83da0ac/bosajomilug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aab9111c9a3f91a2b0a3f282b8a76223/79694061181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/7760813674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26151094e2---32976133218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e15ee0fa14f7c0e0d518ceba5a20be3/lewekegasavemibekivugozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+apk+sony+vegas+pro+13+androidPDF 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_off0000eb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB28 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 19037ee5c903db1ce6d5655f4d25e3390180156a6d6b2cf21f2bf294499ecf6d
font_01_sfnt_off000104ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFC 17680 bytes
SHA-256: bfe426f7d10f81d46e827ba20b63d9402a307d776d05d4b3ce3acca643e5ee33

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