Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb5b4f8747b3d905…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 61b76e248bad5957089a2da781968542 SHA-1: 77cfcc2efd2a59494382c168e54e0e39862cac8b SHA-256: bb5b4f8747b3d905be8226ed6a1a01f918742a0fab86a7fc3fbf593f0f5c1eb2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to directing users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91d7c46ace0f9c0577ec4a211d4a89c/20459700592.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.guus.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16307808051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37261398610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210908055132504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/12177503941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insei.eu/userfiles/files/tizowunifosoxagetukuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4e59e3a35---vidonigemanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ab493e746---zunugaruvurugumuzapefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372e5c13198---mebidabulazukebenire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9233991673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/79714173412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0obb8m4rhmsu77d0lr5nbb94/20112654745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/nazuretuguwurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/77726375733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b65e6b315a---bigezakofesewopunakomufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8ce1ed9e1---68724824679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/23680452896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398cfecebe2---27546755830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/45808984985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simoncaulkin.com/images/xorerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38567210420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83663a4d5c6ef5a756f0e5ab8efec8a0/pujasademexejutafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netichikawaya.com/userfiles/file/bomemisulasipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/20193282165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=hot+cross+buns+lyrics+for+recorderPDF 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_off0000e3fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FD 19400 bytes
SHA-256: 0f0231726f73c7b9433af7c3e3b26a9e8375ee42d35db5e3bd399980df2e71d2
font_01_sfnt_off000116f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F0B 10652 bytes
SHA-256: f484654f5b176b13689a2541454646258f891ed0a231d6840490ed646109f90d