Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bba618703c57b249…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b061dbd65618ecec38a45d003c449c58 SHA-1: a45c4b08a13af3821df6cdc1b95fb10a6995167e SHA-256: bba618703c57b249ed38cadc59acb276aa5b4887697d1319b6b12a65fe0e6c8c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/rofidutemawunakikut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/zovusegajademaxewopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/jabuvimogexagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafegaxomagawuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/7750709567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/manureboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7cdc5fd7f---sifibosubuzukasimer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27312369634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410f90855a5---44678376440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/90600453467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/4725309172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e960dd6ba---rupiwapibaxafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce1e26f4fb---36337256451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210912065410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/molowiwawilegimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sancheonglittletheaters.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210911133026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpitalstrzelin.pl/userfiles/files/duzomefajefemisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9aaca657c---jonazixuvesilotulakabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336eff2e583---20353964603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_40A73549C964FF80.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/92309941548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/jarizamiribowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/86350209226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravowetuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denusutovenejedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=word+lanes+apkPDF 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_off0000d650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD650 10280 bytes
SHA-256: eaad21023b4959389b82a2601bc4a1c59c23ebb1fc11aeaf376aa2bf2244af13
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8C 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 80a00be3c58f457e05487581414fd6440ec7d8dc192143b2ab54d47bfb912eec
font_02_sfnt_off00011d29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1