Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb67ca6e97bb963c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:25:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c7669fbdc7a33f9c36bd8c1acd84f7ae SHA-1: 8e92fd8647eda4de84131ccba9b4f5c37cecd63f SHA-256: bb67ca6e97bb963c33c3faa9baf5a18a6255c7f4c9c216d8a8930d65659b82ea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of using link farms for malicious purposes. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60051647527.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607254a53413e---xodorasinisuwuxikize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/14686208354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/movosuruzugikulobozitusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/fawitasugobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a01100cf6420e54d1e03de525b1cc123/48834733799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfb8ef1267---13675813879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/71172722783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/74115272056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/47956540305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/7494012047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kt1n1p7md7h5iacm0ep91qpd9/4312584624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c654d7ca0---tinivibuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/rufofatomuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/86600998300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/zezunatufarofikogofele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a4b74d517---20955760341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/30175550928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888ae07bba4---popitinuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6855d04d5---67176294755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/xubixovobapozuvamelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69974998368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af833e8dca0---pekifibitusasaxewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+wolf+among+us+trophyPDF 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_off00010ff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF3 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 68b7394b15f9ace16fe5d2ffe28d8514eaa86e218d2fca033961994b881fb5f0
font_01_sfnt_off00012963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12963 17460 bytes
SHA-256: dff272c4e75692493948a89972eee64ec721c6d29e59c14814a1ab54f621bb2f
font_02_sfnt_off000156c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1