Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb94374b1756269e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d1624b11d1c190452c41586d5f5e2d7b SHA-1: 098ff2d01d19dcbffc9f417e8410309babb72069 SHA-256: bb94374b1756269e33601c2b1663b16eb831a976ea63cfb3a0c1684fba775732
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports this, as they are often used to evade detection and host payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://hotelindigha.com/FCKeditor/file/tininokawumif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/67509633522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/vozijobukisanemedakuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b48d0cbb8---ruselokajezizuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/fididimugefexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210519224617822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/39538118472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa-billiard.by/images_from_html_editor/file/49960223031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/wumuduvoxutuvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609331110e0ce---1391941621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdcf513fb9a---ditilupaduwugupoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093257784007---kaxajetadodarunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/49360660006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210801062820583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6221d776b---24383828344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce72e69718dbe7944746047835b41bfe/tijadivenaxidunuzixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbed0e951e4---48344640969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89ae41424cd44a97f301b6224d55ca4b/1241723869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05cad4dee569c5ac96d514d054810df/vuvusetefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubler-son-capital.com/photos/files/77798960184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///52619587797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053282570a7d4f9dadd45fe862eafafa/zujirupiban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/58325813396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc1c3d0a59---92353416716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cc244aa93bccad78d444e8ab96eb887/20246232763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=welcome+letter+for+students+from+teacherPDF 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_off0001027b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027B 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 775b771e0050fd73fc32e652cd50fbc04c34d9b787eeae7400679d3fee3e3963
font_01_sfnt_off00011b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B06 19160 bytes
SHA-256: e7c92fdf60667a94d39342cd34eaa12e5842ec3a0d90e839ca2739da0cb3dd33
font_02_sfnt_off00014bf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1