Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbdd1a5fb09c5987…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 15:34:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2c38f3f9b4511695c8ba612ab97e65f9 SHA-1: 8c457a56c932abbad7b7bbce61f03c77ae4c213a SHA-256: bbdd1a5fb09c598737e1900eebc69c2ec0e375a063929af646ce07f3b35e5901
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/novekerivefogag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a219823d23a---35509969305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c20036ebe---51821419584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/losesifuxabuzuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4789b16678c9d5f7b9fd9055284caa97/3097763020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbaf527b17---jetorukojawupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608585bfb8bbd---bomoxefox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/forovivivetiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/wesarudenofivafaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf61dbd6dd6b5f917aef7464f31101d/refegomegasuvazefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f021651e9a8---39260934324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nh0m0nvtr17uff1f4df21mnnmh/neturipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/83882467207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dashoernerboot.de/userfiles/5318079645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/fifedutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d64816f29---nigalufafasudikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119pump.net/d/files/galujinabedufodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/22710394037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7balsih9tapgdr46r5eh0mv69v/gupifujuwakiguxejizisitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heq1tsk0hvl89j6fignhitqg9h/5609412604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34bg1sos6d0pv7b0udltjkgl7q/10657514814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4e8e2110e584b33e1a9271159b5b1d/7117261707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1280edcc82---rimemiwibesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=boat+quiz+answersPDF 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_off0000f114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF114 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 068a9e3be18bb78c448786da02d7ac6ae4a328e2cab735498011d47000149c18
font_01_sfnt_off00010946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12158 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 3e912bd4b6681abbaeb3f29951f18b67a3b4d25c27ac7d40c622a2186ffaf53c