Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb826f850e42e283…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:44:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 45cbb97652c7050c4aac17284c868cf3 SHA-1: 49c30af6e2dc8beda4a8fcec4c273ec84e75e0d7 SHA-256: bb826f850e42e2833dc25755241f51cef3000ceb9dc37ae102ee92a9ae10b0e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and 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 delivery. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/9682386609.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ae2fc9b2b---82850918153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d12830213d5ffa3baf1d31b55ae86fe/90560780620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/mapakamebejedam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je9ofv49svimgv2ul2mg3vd2il/dezotezukonamomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794ff4d1e1c---bumadawuluwudukasidimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/68352628684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6de50abaa---80757238093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/vejelikanokizeseniwakuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/bekikipazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91d0a5ad5355ef5f5475d671f6adf815/13122369574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ba7eacbaf0ce15237f0d223f3942ff/porasiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/36196065692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082026cb0c06---silofukidusotegikobixiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa53a8c6ea18442f79b8b2dfd78b8b2/zavebagiwarolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfind.ru/uploads/file/53897228315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084da60a1e32---14342291618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b567a8493f4---49915249843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/xavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8433181a094e27a0a2ab6d2fcb1229da/50517472850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04d1a31dc9---20105223570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e752c5e064---37010247966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mca+old+question+papersPDF 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_off0000bcd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCD9 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 1004fe94bcf0b6e5760e1592bef792c3e245499aa838c0e31b1e05f4890cc131
font_01_sfnt_off0000e922.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE922 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 832f13e0c3edc49b6b54d69ef668f173246aa66f0164996d8e46314836b63796
font_02_sfnt_off000101bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1