Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbdf0c7a1161fa97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 12:33:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 326d879e293b79f3ac62f030fadee3b0 SHA-1: 2f293b4b2b7c2965c108d541eb26d9f858d121ba SHA-256: bbdf0c7a1161fa973f49e2077a29e135bf75bfbf9f3596a9e113169bef8bbd5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or phishing. The presence of a 'download' button lure and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing pages. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+hd+movie+download+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://wadsoda.com/UserFiles/File/tonuzegujovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6dd98be6e---reruwivilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2979e602f4---4994566420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717a5d79182---78967999630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f4572146b---bugamezaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d1db9b3a3---vitiputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609844e420b2d---xegikivuganab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d345e22541---36226998852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/29437747885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb3893b51a---65917124078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2c692abff25bd1951fa195f0bd5a21/28063152283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d09b813099---77404640477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/282338424918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6a509a90c---moponarekeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4fd625e83---gadutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/15506962017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.com/files/pufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/16138944888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb730860bf---xawutixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj6916fr5tjbssord9ub5rbkc1/54061464507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e22321ad7c---mebamebero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/wonowudupisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0288ef3d27a69cfb5c48ab20d7b0872d/lukasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d77bd16e42cf0aa7ff8d9f19926672e/metuburunofewizekukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9165d9337a75bbb6d51983f064629aa1/jiwidipenufefegezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8bc7cf847---kewizovuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55c2158fe1---72933687433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/42626462187.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_off0000f436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF436 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C48 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 6d277fe9ae5c7745813d718462bea18fbd9f2d24b13900dee945e69fd5523ffd
font_02_sfnt_off0001395d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1395D 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 896f77703375cd46f5f949801b40660a31c2f9a7d3af37e6781fb6c40e2aa32f