Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bd43ce155796124…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-04 14:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c3626c427a61ad5bded21ee212aa7e95 SHA-1: d670d6d768e4120dac87da0d4b2bd27e87d70e7c SHA-256: 0bd43ce1557961244e609060b04a9addcc4617db10bf12c6e0e662eae814b3d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests a phishing or redirection scheme designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasagujixidewusobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aebec883f1---75606095346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/42659626516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18ba9e35e48057556b7cd07464eb1775/35443989745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df7a6b361f---fadepamibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838d6ba58c1---vunasejajilawutitokefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/6722530718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e105e00c24d7ea36a3f371a2d7f31cf0/20271012178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/95897959263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xivolarizarovabedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f256287f41---kexepajegukuwudoruwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca0c12bc91b012b500b5a1974295758b/40263536729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/26548263439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/wijifewowora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/bemobofidirogejelanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/letemasibugetigijutofetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mojer.bg/files/subelusebulemolawovavivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86627560401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e19483e843---tevedulukibazenesidemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608797ee7ffa5---25578980975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/61611374898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijmsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowipivejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heydarbaba.org/resimler/files/nisomilusuzigiledavataji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77959998922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tl7p42cr8vd2qssajni4d80pp/4327294903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=skyrim+mod+mirai+marriagePDF 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_off0000f576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF576 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D8D 10456 bytes
SHA-256: f67e90bccd63b8ee61607cdbbb2a4fd0681d48d2a2922291f5a095feda3c9801
font_02_sfnt_off0001251c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251C 16584 bytes
SHA-256: a81ea83bf6ee25b582ee2f7789a7bcc5ab1a7bd7f5b26fe00a485d9bdd06e7b3