Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbd044dbfbcbc078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:15:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4f10cac43f64e1be9a2cc4f8c2ae7fd4 SHA-1: bee78cae45357fb581560376e6949d74a4e92fff SHA-256: bbd044dbfbcbc0780a11126db607d30b25254a5f014e4d7fa04725da999c79a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised upload storage. These elements strongly suggest the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=triangles+card+games+io PDF link annotation
    • https://marmetal.cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/44779768315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/64744514060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6526409071126b1090518f6ac8bc875/3237041728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337667103ef---74428998236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/rowigelunurevimuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/67503485147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/57891761706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93953332111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/66266755893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxevobanuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9797ce6cc---watawegifopoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/wopemubozugemewadefemozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goang-hann.com/uploads/files/202109101206052522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/bijikupubeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c68e929075---66038228490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millvalley.com/wysiwygfiles/file/82570131614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1agcmh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81575360431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/33207774185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72b857e84479960dae9d86a766ed5569/pomiguzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a60be8cf7a---waxapujixafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/petirafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77019877751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/36071079017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms2oke.com/contents/files/rubapidineman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highendteen.com/userfiles/files/sakuzapopagawexuveretizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/nebubibixedarojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/62721554097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000116e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E1 10576 bytes
SHA-256: dee557421b45fa7b4d6979bd22565f641e9366f35be8a0f368e96f40aba5e1ec
font_01_sfnt_off00012eb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146CB 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 815813d8c4504aac2faf642203be518bff2ee751ec06a546f90c77cadbe363dd