Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd01d1fb30d376cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 22:46:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f2403ac95b36705b0d0ef8121c0da649 SHA-1: 00c46f817877b7c7073a8d5b213dd9ead096cb0d SHA-256: bd01d1fb30d376cb5680bcb1930042707a3c29cdbc227ce7d8e4bf1142170e67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which host other PDF files. This pattern is commonly used for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of compromised CMS upload links suggests a technique to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detusuwugipopejidut.pdf
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/62755030930.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3184ff58b1a193510ad4042a72d6b0f5/vomovizobevofud.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/warosexaninevivojuvusira.pdf
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/82501210601.pdf
    • http://zoop-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofamanoloma.pdf
    • http://hollywoodterrace.org/clients/863344/File/21535769278.pdf
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/76198049200.pdf
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/54458971177.pdf
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/57399985275.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323279e3ccc077b5cf848d70fdab834f/dovuxelekuvowivo.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d10106770db2feb284d67b0525f89d1/91301809.pdf
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rr2cid6fmur99e0urtn3vin93/7380432839.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079896e9fe92---jotuwiripuzudukixubofu.pdf
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/59049532512.pdf
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d55d3c3eb9---momadegenesonejokoraxa.pdf
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/tirufir.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d88e2dad171c6e00df78b7f39165d88/39036844401.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+not+to+summon+a+demon+lord+kissanime
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012d00.bin
05a40ec7e719f75a7b566b057a76ed0cd991d17acb600b23c771ff318864da75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D00 2660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013854.bin
6d1904671e3d8c9449bec4636d85c58c0a79d795192213f13b5652e6b91eace8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13854 20788 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016d36.bin
d3dcab574c757753c9bbdb5ee99852a362c9883b21b9614184bb5d84ffa038be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D36 10676 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000185ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185AD 16792 bytes