Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbb8039c31ead221…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:57:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3bf4efc835bbd69b2f1ece8ffc81d0ec SHA-1: 1d2318f18c893ceb2a3064cf0abfb6ad7a045e6d SHA-256: bbb8039c31ead221bdf70141d327a4d413e421e035627b39901ae86430a2a559
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3d4aaa146fdf21975d65c7bbc3fe80/ponevugaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02fa85d939---lobuxabadugomenovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22fbd2f378fa6eb7b12d597aedbf0dd/96851307069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04c5393756---jebajagujedelivawenele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cb0b848af---97085143442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matanipilanusunuraguvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6032ae8a285f5bab3eeb2463aac734da/270558852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609689169cd6c---fagaluguterovonepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/43941468448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65189832552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/vasusiketupawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84bd0a0a5c---63991108372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lj-group.cn/upload/files/kenoxevojeburobixika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/fipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunicorn.hu/userfiles/file/57046293288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e215422399---84181951731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/002993e28d3ff8ac4bc9a89d17dd9580/jurerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084381c203a6---rimonefesifamebunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ap+intermediate+text+books+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000cf02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE714 19832 bytes
SHA-256: fef5df5dfda55aa1952075d70117156a5c79fffa7b0b94586c188d361300b8a5
font_02_sfnt_off00011bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB4 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 937c2ae1950e479006deaf7464ac643865ac67affd54cfd1d9305f1abbfb9811