Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb6fe35dbf537b57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 00:51:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 26b4dd6f09fcd3aa2b6e4ea0e4af97f4 SHA-1: 90c31bc921167cd9378b3e81bc472b476a4ea88c SHA-256: bb6fe35dbf537b57ba8363c2296e2fc39d5255910c38660a6d1bae96ac49b76d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to deliver malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e1e6a0ecd---zasixapadavilixikugasek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bd0e4bf831912a2084dc800984c9d77/wikatexitubilugajagupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29997492418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/julizotanitikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00a1705eba---lujimema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skjgsuuhhqqf5r21r589eltnks/wigovepexujinorarodoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/46977073325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfmf0qkktb23todh0mopf05pu3/409087550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/75757305842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/zodubofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/74788142502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0553766c90---58066264850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/80446520665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/64812035258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/88359430031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c7dc1ce55---dufikopoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdc7d1a2989---dowusixugowikoliwepogubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/89949535909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/dunotibeberafuvamiwopaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bc5a23969---61395195214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9grb14kooe87hl8st52a01ct6d/59354527889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/25774840892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765f65c39d7---62319684483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof77.com/clients/34792/File/27040979295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bikini+body+guide+kayla+itsines+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f74a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF74A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5B 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 66b7945b99a9c78025a9a0ace4161995b24b08b80ea391fd428eddc3553bac27
font_02_sfnt_off0001261a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261A 18748 bytes
SHA-256: cbb185d3e25b6b24cad0ffcf8e1852edda34391e736afbc4715ff4a6fb6fbddf
font_03_sfnt_off00015656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15656 11280 bytes
SHA-256: c66f7253e46923b1c4e90a5a005037b3c4dc073bc8fe286514c09eea95e3e00e