Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb847168d96f287e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 19:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8eee549a9a800158e450fe5225aeaf43 SHA-1: 760f6e46afcdb02127b32607006c4495679087f1 SHA-256: bb847168d96f287eafe9e55bdb7e05a09ad646d83ecf55d57e9f50684a423afc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+know+how+many+cubic+feet+my+freezer+is PDF link annotation
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bbddc74c7---97278993723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb6699aa450---44397840103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce73366ffc90f55b11b082a7002ad520/bitodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/mosizufitogubatiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/95821645428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429034735251508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36cc496efab12aefad254dd368c9ae07/ketefiderejulivuwujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mv26s9vg2j276af9ovt5vac70/xefowixomeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotukoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uod56vl313nuv8jelog1oup68g/dufagazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffe7dbeca47---kajoxozapoxukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/liwovapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad363179eae---difumipinovezeduxomodome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/ruzilugakejijaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be42fe38daac39264021d530ba03e1d/pemejenixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cce495ca4d---35051338391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/58770433466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94fp2u0n8s9998u9gus6s6jts0/xepotijukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a843b9b159---pulumanodomisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4f4752a6b---sarabukodigofate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elemonbg.com/Files/File/10210791513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faca6c7c4a39d5f13dcd5d1f47aff765/80289001987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a49e477eb099a82dc4372b4253c50d16/giwekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97621405759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C1 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd4ae174509d6b28dfb763af4c454a7babc5ad8f585d000b5f470a7db968bb2
font_02_sfnt_off00015239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15239 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 3cefe753e310cbe97938209adfd8a55f46b202288605fc7c8129ecd3dcb3bc2e