Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb90ca2f547989c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:33:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7e8ea926c97de7029846fe1274679faa SHA-1: 9ca624f26ffbe7a37ede7edfe23680ce4f31e903 SHA-256: bb90ca2f547989c981a7916b78dcfa0c0ba248e9fdb19e19ce4ede81fbb7f02b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including a high number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to click on these links, which likely lead to the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/silimujuwobile.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dc-3ed4d7413bdb.prshots.de/uploads/userfiles/1630749801/files/88678918293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991ca8e64e1---waweluvosipumasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/329b6b5f16d4ce46aeab61940eeac8e8/81325829142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2dab0da59---sozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082efbb27741---luleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lobididovovojuropifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/tebisazowumelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/jarupovegijoturefife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e409a81385---nuzidevifinidari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industra.sk/userfiles/file/9949384008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/favonivokolejulilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/81185088681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161287f2289434---83621103778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/kubixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6636965968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4of100churchstreet.com/assets/media/files/vururufogalolabaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/64794258564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/moximegetajavewat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/3140645551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d5d87daa0---6515876442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b605f944848264cbb1f6a7d82704f0b2/libebupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marsalanoleggio.it/userfiles/files/bolimenivosasanigagujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210614151652_hzrvsn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/25775939326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/27735642266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=que+son+los+therbligs+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E8 10916 bytes
SHA-256: d0df44eb695958db01e46f1e0e3e91bc17fb4e2f772b7c4e0e02a99abba017d4
font_01_sfnt_off00010dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBE 20552 bytes
SHA-256: e7e501dcf4ff3e20cbf9ef1e63464709fb2717fbdbb1ed47ff541f413e9e0a6c
font_02_sfnt_off0001429a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1429A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1