Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb6ba4709804f704…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 30825f7d2454d768158a82b3173e8359 SHA-1: c37421fa5e5890dc44ac71a59a1c028fbf27a1b2 SHA-256: bb6ba4709804f704975c6c6aa2362cbe170d3e88aacc652f970da9ccff0dd4bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URI heuristics and the compromised CMS upload link farm rule further support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=loose+french+braid+pigtails PDF link annotation
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2505ac3d3c---25129769790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6d05e0ccc7e7ab4eda8db8b1167115/wasivetevofatibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd43e24d520aac1b25db9355429e25e/zebizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iubp8bsnanid9ckk81d31vodhe/bixavubukebowovuzikomuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/82678917021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/toxevoduseleputizurufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66b6626c31f61dce66edf8081bfcb310/30311119680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070beca07a2d---duwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeremypourstarlight.com/clients/5/53/539822683240d2210db56c0084569a8b/File/82567310748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f6344cf97875f42c605ac5e07ea00c/55833679967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cfd6c4f3e---8542583463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/23339297597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe8d5d988---8536065700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/87469458690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e13ee4c2b---94312982527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnp-inc.com/ckupload/files/puputelirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59acf9d38a---fepukaliwemijosutufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd56e5209e---rudixakopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/2244051250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/46821668009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/dizawipidozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kse8k5kd30q98bigl5o7bb39u7/42241640971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/besas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/rinisesumafomiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000efee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEE 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 59e732d0f291ccc05fa16b8c50cefb0cd42e39c42bb70a0a18cef06cb458bd3b
font_01_sfnt_off000108fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FE 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 99f508b80366149595b03807fa2aa498a2f7e493e55ea42c6f5f8b0a741848df
font_02_sfnt_off00013467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1