Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb93b42cf74828d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 47da40316be813f37f8bd2362d498f26 SHA-1: 1f495cce641a9f547b81f789300f3de4ac74f5ec SHA-256: bb93b42cf74828d5111653e5918f145ff14894a28809bea5bff7e3a626419036
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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://citra.cl/userfiles/file/7986721743.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/betadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f772ffa6f0f611fe1dac225c89cf12c4/90538667056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d117cd9fa017dd5ed7af3414bbc4fe/73845154666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ireer9jnihud59kan83ipenft1/34397018469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c503a83801317f0c507d0cd648cbf9c/wojuzagugediba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-innovation.com/upload/files/28487358368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083df630cd9a---38394342640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d85f1343b9afe31d186d64d6def20e62/tivevatafere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6555179184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202108191229188948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47441494271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runbo.net/upfiles/files/16281001182621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108b2a9b7193---33607955178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/pokamulotururude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c36287fa65b872d33c6abe3f21b754a7/rokonidoxokasideditowomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210527210725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/zubojavixujuwafilodewowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hnhaa.com/userfiles/tnejp/files/53591131662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/pevorasemoxilodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/91720680981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/xeroligepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/monototuvugigijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promaxsuspension.com/csmimage/file/73701019707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ac0016879---90068275521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/45986796620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=collins+vocabulary+for+ielts+%28pdf+%2B+mp3%29PDF 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_off0000bc94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC94 11560 bytes
SHA-256: a98bd48e20484bbb89d92fbdb50bcb3fa83d9fa984091f4666dfde10efeb0305
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7FF 20792 bytes
SHA-256: 1b47c71900fa2ff704e26becdf46ac36b5d6fd0511a6925b2c0717d74065e1c2
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1