Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb87e2dd072ec8f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d407fcf89fc495afaade43f908facd3c SHA-1: f949e7c6784bd0861642b43c016aaa1fa2d121a1 SHA-256: bb87e2dd072ec8f099d7bd9aa9ece2a9fc4f763135419722065dcbb53f647202
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple PDF link farm indicators and the ML classification strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/mikuxiputinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/jejixorakijafoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c76899f6a---39364081580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/98642826506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/wogoworugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3adeeda2ae155328cbef07b048fb053c/davewumowezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d16m38ga865g8hsrt4fe1bdup/26308113330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3275f7d3170de9c1069fd9b7530068a7/82565624201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepankarbasu.com/FCKeditor/file/ginutuwoduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eccf32b19e---56822972927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609928dd801a3---11654188364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac6dd7e969---fekaxepudibojaxorewotix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejusozegoxepalabogiwuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9141c4aaec0444fa92de7f03f5e9604/neradirizokerigemopefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ec850d092---90574521756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5783e5c8acc1d5f49a671aabd09089/nanurofuxufusoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a6529bc06---44807539336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d615b181a42bd15ee338ff59b045ad/9979659072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leton.pl/userfiles/file/zudinalejidamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/lirovekebumedupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmi2jnaspd8ifi32o4ghnph4u7/suraguzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/34466899851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9f6e8ecbb---29527269305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=p365+cleaning+matPDF 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_off0000c59d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC59D 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 492afa805589fb964292b7647cab7aa2fd51a21e6d964d58a63f90cf7b2ff772
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF8 17688 bytes
SHA-256: b9b03cee2b985f8d32667a9c331cc5c6a52d31cbc94f15a3f0197930a25eedb6
font_02_sfnt_off00010bb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1