Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bffe77b0bd389766…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:36:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b8735db2905f6e48fdb5ac1dced6398c SHA-1: ce806b13af84a078fb20182f8ad8947ebc61e3bd SHA-256: bffe77b0bd38976603685b7cbd0fbe0b53b895c2f24a81eb0ac3b64cd02a159f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple external URIs and links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a dropper for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+holiday+cards PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cefacf1f77aff5d5d0ace2c02d21164a/vovubulotijepubipokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ba873cf26---kokimanusozirazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19702271665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856df0c1a5e---zewonikitexibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a307618e6---bejimekunafovuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77157cadb0ad863b1cd6d9393395fc75/92894129237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/lakajawavurokusaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff453ea439---gatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da70fe21a94---lesukelugotoraredexedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa783f6f0cb---47655678493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/raletasavigifakamafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/tiduxajudavabumidox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqd4dsmcdpjtbroigrv0dfq4g2/78243662641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/79900965579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songiadahoaian.com/upload/ck/files/vilegibukujasuvojelabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/kanigijije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/11366410610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7455e7e7bd---riwesolekisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov8n4uvki6haa1hsr7f0btvg9f/datifefezatoremiwosagisog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb6e3701a5---50223809277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/fuvijapepobizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bde1aec40---sedovosapovovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/25741089045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b89183b21---35996460373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31529f3fejsjphlr1de6ebdh78/vikunobit.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_off0000da29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA29 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 01089832b7bcf13a5371ee6a5987bf977a9e9197ba48ccaa3b0fbb2bf8f0a6f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A4 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 22b8d7719594a726bb3bedc87a3e742a4af269c8d67204e2cee4a1b06f2db471
font_02_sfnt_off00011faf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1