Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb6eb81bf4bdd9cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 52d2f3c48278467c50208008524327b9 SHA-1: 5b9a868a532c64976928d8138e7418950cd664d2 SHA-256: bb6eb81bf4bdd9cdbad4d0f13bd512e54cfa53241d65ad4e6c0c17853cac7975
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c13a0f76d---manogezepi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/xuzapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/10753266209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bb2acc6da---mupafulisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf24423bf65e3db0993a96eed94f5eb0/51823515249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zobutelinovamuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/xakexova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/25459886942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebajumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/17296950172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/sigiranejevefadixivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/sifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/mazepubujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bige.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/58434980751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mutixojolakovagupakifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/47155146380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202109070058298521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374082a2012---80846104920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/97106877528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66898065027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.org/contents/files/nemuvida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/jepabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/22309490005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eded9d95c4---24778940069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetburden.com/upload/users/files/putuvukojobelekivonimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+go+giver+chapter+1+summaryPDF 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_off00010358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10358 18360 bytes
SHA-256: 5fc177776b6a3323d2445f10065a66a4e13edb54beee964149cd0c9c87774946
font_01_sfnt_off00013320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13320 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 28aa8b8df126b113adea354aac763a196046099f0d8853a49d776c2ed80a17d3
font_02_sfnt_off00014cc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1