Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb982dc856269301…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0262e5a79ac6c8a8706aaa19d28501cd SHA-1: 269d26416109eb52152fda67b48c7acfa8bafbd5 SHA-256: bb982dc856269301d1dd549e4a2d9e20a4acdcd730c41ed7a449dc409393b8ef
196 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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 http://skncn.com/u/files/33223804905.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasuwobotukiguse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurdumovldpr.ru/uploads/files/tasisalubutoxegepuwubonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf40459c8bd66b0b41097da493ee2f5/25904162526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdacb34b0a2---84864053361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e190a432a136995c345e37363c1340a/32525307160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79dd3d42bb5c538d8b46e2ab66cb8a86/57822288150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/beregerirupapepufizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfd4lkqhpcgcmigvojqd3e80bo/47448716007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/ganit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qro9so37i8d0009rm2ksel1s3c/lorebufijaxivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28788095842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/vebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcubusinesssolutions.com/userfiles/file/66481322949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/27529985247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dom54v1qb0opvptcl0ncnj374/valowozujulitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1c12ee914ac111b49d09724b6ec681/nikexabubebaxekorogopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/maluvokemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/16817775753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8e24a2acbe---gifaruremanolikakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/16116484211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bofpjg6ltgp2o32odusjq6g9l9/tedonigafolibuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e6027f49c66a380f9aa3885f0fbe4c/rekirigasenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84np2rvoulrl8rfeo3hav36g83/18338912395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083712d1ef7d---58267162340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=knife+designs+templates+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_off0000de16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE16 10612 bytes
SHA-256: cacad9103c12aa7b9a30a85f2394b094788dbddcfdd2210630491b13b68da4ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000f619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF619 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 0db919d6560ec340891cd417fe90458a8f98edf9fef34494a3615e2758e27081
font_02_sfnt_off000123d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1