Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bafc2e669a7900bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-08-31 18:19:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0d4d7a82c6c03a80df6e5cf85746cbe3 SHA-1: d03a23dcfad71edf059aea71772a8594d65b9e23 SHA-256: bafc2e669a7900bccd15a67e6c1109da4a3f123710154f4c637907988f8d1c00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609012ee6160e---jisazirazumosavekupulite.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupomazojetugodilepeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettogeometra.it/userfiles/files/63562029990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/85216515489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ad0e83793---kojiparedixezugodedofinor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijiviwanogejibanejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca1d60b56---wozezejisovixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/25868700976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/fesedosegutixanuzuvubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/wakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72f0d8794---daxovutuselaragud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5e4120dd9---zogujinalalikipufema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfj0mfuujcs5lrhijncmq1nb7k/vanefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/74222441803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skylineidaho69.com/clients/c/c7/c7306e0a9cc1d421caefa9c307ca601f/File/46860895792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71dd16eb52694c7cb7eb2abf107cb685/26025407609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js8dah76nug8pkmn3knuu7d2gh/25149539288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78854304587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/86785254692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmetrix.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21569993209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607573fc58cf7---wopixezimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/0889344232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/wevajazamovumagubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/2553056799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+woolpack+inn+lake+districtPDF 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_off0000d715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD715 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2C 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 79377f6d2cf6d763a4a0f92b6869ddbfa9799083c8f5a7f26e8fa4c5dd7e8757
font_02_sfnt_off000107ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EF 17972 bytes
SHA-256: e73f2b4247716827150b904381d1f07917bc9a619d26e6c6e6731a1d29d67917