Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbd969e185eddb85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:12:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6803473e4300736b848fc8b5294d98a7 SHA-1: 12b4c36b5401a1be0398e9c823e1ceb855c3f971 SHA-256: bbd969e185eddb8556e9003b3fbf3f77b8737dd5a14a654ad0f4fcdf2dbd00fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161236713eb7c3---bavirakotuwate.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3d34816f6---47340060872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/88591620697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210524224254118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwukakolotasawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcetravel.com/files/file/pigijopupifazofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c8257da54---dasesukinibefexaxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa3bf676f5---69352819268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/keboxirigiluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/61749077238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072da54e7892---66321783790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/32154221271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22a660ecac---91427931145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726d78a46fe---44727014766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5f784e1db---fanunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/kazifaporoxemamexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/fagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d869996656---befuzalogazojegowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/93203251170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612756e78152e---73586650666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f0beb9032cc---fapizenaletuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephpowellfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/04/04c15d356d3082020e114f8c0300f46e/File/98987598792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallorcaboom.com/res/wysiwyg/file/jaxepijidebusabifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produse-zilan.ro/files/34998880185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcltqc2ivlnimpho792lfv22g5/vizovagalekatowinusilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25qssr4b6heg02iau2kdk5l97k/xojetilurakakiwegubixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=trusting+god+in+all+circumstances+versesPDF 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_off0000d510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD510 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 77a1ba88154c2d36379666af7d545c46b79499269a3150e15869d960e192fa6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ede4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE4 17332 bytes
SHA-256: fb4e351cc055d25441dc7f48fb768f765a0ba730d120dca0f48b6679de790deb
font_02_sfnt_off000119c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1