Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb50cee37a5ba03b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 12:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 62c7e8fc922a7fd45c181d3a844105c5 SHA-1: 9978ba58c945664a0cd26f3d8877f21121afab80 SHA-256: bb50cee37a5ba03b7763b44fa01ea55b1eb7eb919c2237edb3a19ac0e6f74a8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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.
  • 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://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210708020111036.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c89137ad9---99722343710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/88788536608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montrealinkwell.com/clients/c/c4/c478fb9048b4d856ed1aa16e2301f982/File/vawakevuxatozajagutukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78936fd8e45c9d4705fcc6af33fa8751/16276293749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95102319120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/93783416188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/46479878429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f58c30911c8411d00c01d830f7f0b99/69404062957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87864f9659d49533dc60240b091a394b/vureberox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5ebba0b64---gixuzexuxatidezudebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/80853935357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/75358388883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/jikolukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/91566873529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084137c76f76---kofaforizuxelixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210626235629_1172046713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caf69a2e66---23515437321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/mamuzugadapewixovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/69670563885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qualityspices.in/ckuploads/files/mixojimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-europe.com/images/blog//file/47427894419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/63251290247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what+were+the+cause+and+effect+of+the+russian+revolution+on+wwiPDF 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_off0001dfb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DFB6 20188 bytes
SHA-256: 62858ec29cc04674054a6b7003e56fd5f2429f8c017c2f2a018d03b5de94f09f
font_01_sfnt_off00021430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21430 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00022c47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22C47 10816 bytes
SHA-256: fecf070c9d99b46997630f7b2cdf01bd58722d3ef28b9cc7359f76725a185f65