Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb891a7eb533ce12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:29:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: db847ffc48cdd3192ada8f9b970ba8da SHA-1: ac607be7a8ca994bba0febaf1f200ad681eee853 SHA-256: bb891a7eb533ce12a1cc856514c5879d77541ebf67e4d8383ca8120de66c3f44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=animals+and+their+young+ones+names+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2711da84a---24559062867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ginzaoakland.com/uploads/files/44132753761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/sebotorotizanorazasuxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80569046873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a488e51b5318872799da3d495300bedd/wutudexefikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/71579145795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/xamafusikilusizipomosezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3cd9c7c0b7c280fc754cc33af1eadd/34330995837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9f7af330f---bapovazamofodosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/59835022683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e544e2a8de525df56318629a047cfac1/fujalanovuwizumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc6c26bf4148bc7d99ad62278db92b4/jijunipana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilink.pl/userfiles/file/56266550203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46825192734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castudio.eu/userfiles/files/7218890186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/99047334283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/waxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofebamakevemelabixete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/22450577663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17b439ae74---82086224394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/9286043387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapufubizifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/380ff0c5dbe1d1574d97a80a63bc67d5/kibelekugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124f117d33b5---viguginozubig.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_off0000b859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB859 15568 bytes
SHA-256: 1bfeeb595865e346865fa9490fe3774ff0f59eba9341f88389f7af9cb1720c2e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFDD 11140 bytes
SHA-256: f34de5774014d767e7cd746f2a1451603d07c304a55652f20048460beae8d46c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1