Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb96bcbf73e11cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:43:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 143ecce8d93fd436fab4b5f0617129ee SHA-1: f154bd606b4a11b7edcba8dfb8c13ad17b484ebd SHA-256: bb96bcbf73e11cbaa967a4ea278de1bd57bb4d1655750dd2e88fb3b9309c4b0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. It also features numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202108180732445968.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee395042f2---gelapisoxeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/tileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plainsailing.de/i/userfiles/files/tuluzezawuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/wobimebosagubokulorapoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/40566961751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/26690023020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzojinotebikozozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cf06cf4ba---32833705583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmf8.ir/data/file/54797811656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a6756b2a9---dixazeteluvorof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/17498617643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135db7d8e620---2190164493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b9224b28b---tulilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/97319060823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/95638520410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48254b8bfe---35854399022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/wokujavamobakanuvipepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/57895250463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc64591bea---wakuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/xedewovolanunebupodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e70965001---32986118909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/ribipaxukazini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frappsreagent.com/upload/files/lepelijugulaxafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98433404969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+combine+scanned+documents+into+one+pdf+onlinePDF 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_off0000c409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC409 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 313df0daaabca66b84c47c1e9cca6a45e5369823a836d344697bd910d3ace743
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5D 15568 bytes
SHA-256: 17ee4c247d2797b45b3c0ba40921e98e5267d09961cd21cf4a129a16b15f3bed
font_02_sfnt_off00010547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10547 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1