Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbd8ae754b5192c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 16:32:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 75c298ec134d4786f95054a4ddea4a24 SHA-1: 9f8e434c22d7d947b076ce8c74e108a93c32bfae SHA-256: bbd8ae754b5192c72e1663ca5e2a97df1c8e0d4a7f2c531d1d228bf553439fec
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The 'Image-only document with action trigger' heuristic strongly suggests a phishing lure, where a visual deception hides a malicious link. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a downloader or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/70728587413.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/16543611850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.com/Sites/cds/files/ruvetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/88750738536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swancentive.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45948412886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/82805499012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaitur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89984292391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jafra-com.at/userfiles/file/5433907911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinsg.com/files/fckeditor/file/siwasonawamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130faa523866---waxerixogaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/31959372933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protezas.lt/i/File/zunasizefafasasetodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupimatonetifoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/92558765744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/16262376314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/1639322744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34100328537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/32006428726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5877a4fe4d95fb36549aec99ca534d81/81000174945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/kewanozakilazisoxabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/selozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d7f20c178---jovazigumedopafivawuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f61a2b8f7---wamavosupawome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=top+5+car+gamePDF 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_off0000aefa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEFA 10308 bytes
SHA-256: c5ff2ad66b4a814e6ae34f38bd523b0d83b86e9304209f70481c30ba3b842931
font_01_sfnt_off0000c645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC645 14200 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac08fd0608dd8f2ff4874be16223903e46ae3f1c442b2421bf78617a0594c54
font_02_sfnt_off0000e946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1