Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb65880b25707bef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-07-10 09:05:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3941bc0355e472a1c37c6a6bbdccbd71 SHA-1: 403d64fd265b6a8773447d2a1eb3b6b56f990e09 SHA-256: bb65880b25707bef34a7d9be7bab81ee5db1366051957a2d28f0ec4eb4c3f188
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to exploit users by redirecting them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+cold+vegetarian+sandwiches
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429083052547841.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0e5801utnp8odjmtpgv416942/43112866734.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8c6eab40b---10761074589.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a8484850d---jasarinuwukepuwagewe.pdf
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/gimatasepali.pdf
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/491298433.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b81d265a0a926924962b0c80a0845c/difewakitegitolamuruxiro.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e588db6366---43380285147.pdf
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/34408810836.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083eb2b4dc3c---fexofebikulalidot.pdf
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/jipevixatun.pdf
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/kefovazexojeve.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0adcac0d3f---33974003739.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7285b5d3f578b2cf6d78e3c92cd2b136/bonojapofodu.pdf
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mvslhfq61ormni82rh5tg7257/mifesarudetalek.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5decf2a81---gewokagorixozebogewobub.pdf
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/83615406062.pdf
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744007236af---zemiretukag.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfuc3rmehgglqb8e9017r99qe3/30280453141.pdf
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f0bnfj978ip38me2a16lrafb1/69439376958.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0f6116139---32311915815.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103d2.bin
0f2f76970d99dce52645abe3d3df9aec22293a07ce70199a70f1dce43c49b68d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D2 11188 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9f.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9F 16092 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000132e0.bin
9fe506527e5a4541eea15e12beb7cc12620a52aa14c4685bc0aa5e16a706ffe5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E0 18040 bytes