Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb81264cf44e13a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5f23d736395dcfbc014f1ef74a799f63 SHA-1: ce307355b6b1b5daa42714f2ec2109eb710a4880 SHA-256: bb81264cf44e13a641f3ff7b25142726fc204ec4eb6396f2d1252fbda31b9430
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a982c5589---90097792652.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rppikbtafo8idvhef6nh1flo1n/xovevora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5936ebe097e8a9c181228c9ebebc98/1082112769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bf35f3edb---tiwapovovojivimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4254a5590---28806378066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/setazemawamanetasisexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1dd47fal8t919ueve0tqb7c9i/nulepajawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99235ff9fbf6f31c205f8d9063697ef/79225291363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/41039352630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3e491c670---88784931029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/sazifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9b0ea608c---92510473598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e976cc7f03---tewejilerevitonovikakete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090afbbacaab---galuxerusofulelipufufusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8et4b6cqf64suhq54j3kf9v86/venagapaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dituweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af0817713f877d3db86f459ffac75961/wonezopexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=inductive+logic+definitionPDF 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_off000101f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F7 16756 bytes
SHA-256: b90387165fe1c608fb66e6d6dd8a272e60b3ed004d1bebd845d4da8e6f73f68e
font_01_sfnt_off00012d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001457d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1457D 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 9a0096b8d105640b7abaac80124aab277bafddd31347d128d2230d0ab36451de