Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbe1ec09af334ea7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:26:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 530c6f28adf40b9c2c4c2482c5484f5d SHA-1: fe46d89c18ae6efc0a17eb6c5cbd71fdd9d80955 SHA-256: bbe1ec09af334ea71f2dc1527477a5a76ace0c74b8a6f6c9b98a5cc034be92c6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest the document functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute malware. The presence of a 'password-protected archive lure' heuristic further supports the idea that this document is a precursor to delivering an encrypted payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceecd96577---pexono.pdf
    • http://rdmsrl.it/userfiles/files/jibadi.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ba7209fdab13ecad09b8d830c97bf7/73834286236.pdf
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/kurapugogusitalose.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e721a875f---xakolukebobikadusemiriv.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57dedl7ogsvjf9pu91n3en2kc2/demazemanujowo.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820ed9961e8---23774531900.pdf
    • http://berkeleyhigh64.com/clients/9/99/99a482d4bd0dc5522cc24ea7f8204a07/File/77327084409.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b348a7be814---kamafotezupizewukefuwuf.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085204e4edc2---daweribawebufufuwe.pdf
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68561446647.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ial7sa3igip386u2tc0i8e3nd6/5751624738.pdf
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/4580274630.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d062715a521cde8e0710e00ee8d575/93565476519.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9856bbcfd0---zupediwi.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/wosowo.pdf
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/ribalasiwelapu.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa1522668c---kamiwefotimezobunajog.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vixolusisom.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f45b2dfec---15017181373.pdf
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/gizule.pdf
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/pememivaribezisoguw.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7m1jnmusirq7jmpktj37qtg1q/61826822081.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebefd10c37---6358269174.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=free+frp+bypass+apk+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f901.bin
d1854a65f280b925da244908cc4d2e4c351a1fee5d443d210e62b3419d8a5970
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF901 10708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011187.bin
13cc605ecba35bc00f18c76ce2106b3d913c8fcae3c1a4ff3d2c1b0b5bfe429c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11187 17764 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fb2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB2 16792 bytes