Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbc0d4d733f86879…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 20:04:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f100648db7d9f29606e2e8ebf6554f9e SHA-1: b851754a5f0cc1ade93a549dc226086fe863409b SHA-256: bbc0d4d733f8687949429bd17860f625a83cc6668d6a7dbc1fcba8113b435b36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/ronofixoteliwatitajig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/55493149338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/vadudigupujavawifajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460d73ca619---35584722140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/4880261989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2f77154a7---52501425999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/nilapikipoleludodibufepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulada.by/upload/editor/files/kimiruwedawigisimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/111398909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/jowazefomowuluxupokasowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84676030852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/57911168895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabinetpro.gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/pezulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slicktechproducts.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/60644748183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401d7f1fa0a---5348141845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/75813100481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21971245659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143157cc3740---sezolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c399927dd---52231788815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148b1e2cb067---jegedimebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranduongauto.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/remoregofudutulaxozazawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/76496705443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhkygroup.com/luutru/files/lixesepapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bg+remover+mod+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_off0000dec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC1 10436 bytes
SHA-256: c5e60987b4c2b8fd61674b9f8bf55b3ff3df00ee51a013331f9ed99d18d50d06
font_01_sfnt_off0000f644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF644 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 32d4d902608cb1b14a8e50aa35ab2c2090c7b627ffe9e72fa03bd608e915a9df
font_02_sfnt_off000127b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1