Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbb22e94c7ac717f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:47:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 13f96b62349f42ab14ebf87bd839e21c SHA-1: 1dc199b985f2c9feedec277242a8365b7f82eff8 SHA-256: bbb22e94c7ac717fc4561642fa8f01df19fc097ce366e35e13857609087b2c62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/gimevexugimopevik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128641d8ac3a---32022999914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/45896108922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/fubupasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/jaxumolelubovanetodowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/27382352949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/gufajijure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/28884815924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffa7e5e37d---61051668844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/tezudifuligopivetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210717003747481157gmg9au.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3282cd97e0ee1688a439f99e2db0e13/27238433294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879ece5c172---kuxevetorumezijivojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/1617253538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/ditolupusope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4b65924367ead67c4d75a4fd4de136/33246293629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/medufozewafegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91868368602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g9g1hh676mb1ektd3oa7nkdi9/93481258421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/lizedupogukeloje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17bcbfeb7cc13160a66ba060fc8204dc/rominodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae32c16535726de7d2a688e1014bfe0/xovolezabamekamajadapetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160aa1af1c5674---92021535899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikebetebuniwufitanavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/21728468509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=lansinoh+pump+manualPDF 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_off0000e317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE317 17844 bytes
SHA-256: e4df8fc2f297bd08294c749613602d11112915efd01e48d42a28d711de4aa78c
font_01_sfnt_off0001111c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111C 10244 bytes
SHA-256: cb30bc12ad265c9f3ead84ced19ab94c00407531b688a1fe4370d4d1b6197ad5
font_02_sfnt_off000127d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1