Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb8340a310a83d04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 09:43:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9b03a7f19cf1f5d8055a5e04bde257c0 SHA-1: 8a9297a963de6abc7b1adda28246e6d4d608b016 SHA-256: bb8340a310a83d04c27a5f33e3471f45cc6aa4a9563807574221d8baa4918e35
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous links on different hosts, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://tajeer.co/userfiles/file/23007328584.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/zomumupeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/105ccef6c3932e408b7a6eba8aa62c0c/41623922994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/82071517123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/voxowumikabomoguriguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313feb3e481---43280123928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/202192226157722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/50896946796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/19583227311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84485796749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/gexixapodinijulojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dee99ed29553ad668458f05d444ee752/kozurajatutifisobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/tamijelagokefisado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/woxerafovoworar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/siwugabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/vabavuned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33703131691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/64654674000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1631101106/files/luxomirivubujafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/11782091712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.reclaimedoils.com/userfiles/files/19680165941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_7DAD66C7DE7C1DCA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeycontacts.com/uploades/userfiles/file/81667655491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/vujawamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szigmetal.hu/editor_up/17594833590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60350463562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ludashi+dual+spacePDF 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_off0000eb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB59 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 2d22b742370b8a1508ef16b0d71d8f2786a32624d82c4d9ceac5d439c5e30b84
font_01_sfnt_off0001026d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1026D 20952 bytes
SHA-256: d1a9491936bd820ee47c77226b4afaab2cd5f15ceec5cd587c6033f6a0ebc628
font_02_sfnt_off000139db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1