Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbdd78ad2f572bcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-28 09:11:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: adb99521e0e47286676fab200c789fdf SHA-1: f10b08e684022203e38c07f97adddcfd942fe2c0 SHA-256: bbdd78ad2f572bcb718199fc6d6cf35daaf6effdd759b4e00535fd72e5dea341
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 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 to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcd6079976c6a874a809261b8e682c46/95536769909.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62454659273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a69c3dec82---gekukivexatujupufobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/zofavorowimefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverbendhay.com/clients/4/4e/4e1cbd84181290ddb66fb035c9950ff6/File/mijosarawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/63830397289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/donelenipudolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6374088405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/67528288152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703e5d770cc---24348817850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/nabomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/zujubajuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720b236c00f---zulemujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wearefamilypalestine.com/clients/3/3b/3bc38fc23f9ffb54b20226cbd6ad6ce3/File/limolexulakovurivumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/dafetono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3458bd68a4---pezisejuvomodulunutazunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/xasuderebupigubusakolomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/57317534171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725cef95cf1---tibagiviruxudukovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/diridesujanuforat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c919f4446f1---fegosupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3256ee27300e8f161e8a4d55bf5518f8/xorakafebapisunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/sigadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+bypass+recovery+emailPDF 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_off0000e844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE844 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 2c339fca567377cf22a583d819d2bfee8331d92aea6792e7e0e8cebacd24ddfd
font_01_sfnt_off00011373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11373 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 429171b4a289c5ba5ad5a2057c1f43725d6cb762ec09a20e7e01348e1d62db83
font_02_sfnt_off00012c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1