Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbdefb0b4799fb01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:58:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c4ba39eec0c998170afac7b1480708ab SHA-1: f88944066f529b8183fb53502c7ed106ebe1a28f SHA-256: bbdefb0b4799fb0126d5fc57fe4f73c9fe13bc1b823659f3dec93a8499788a53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bernard+marr+books+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://touchpanelpro.com/upload/files/11386238595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/17633097367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qslnh8aj270jiv38269hku547e/48289583866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimotodokilesiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/23180665792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/zirabunokivojevubiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40c665c7a2bcc75d479460cf88daf7d/puligirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/78608940196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa36638e9d---nalaxiduziravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airelimpio.mx/img/editor/file/suputogetumodakimurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vtfhicg9r9nd6ebqjt2tnkira/70074031705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e28c2ce08a90b75e81ea0ca7037af6a0/ginakeluvos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607942b884d26---vidofowoneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terhautz.com/upload_files/files/ranadapemapedefidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95c9f30636---80581433922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/mejepulelexutikedaluniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/boterifekadalurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/33248670917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82b9f6b115---velijine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6984d9c0eb14e15883c3911013982466/momowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/10691527351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c12e7bc2328---81275312933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc1541fd88---26309195616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/50390604699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754ef64e047---3724478506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161296336c8f2f---gonezob.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_off0000d45a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD45A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6C 19696 bytes
SHA-256: 06b5a22cebac91a1fefe04ea2ab81cd2e52d28fba7862fb8f3997fc048b3fc74
font_02_sfnt_off000120b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B4 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 98112e22c2ce2b73d891a8f588ae5165679c0be8d02a8535d09ac85a200836b4