Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd0ac945c167608f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:32:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 23dc8cf426ae53df9abdf0f31da8b12d SHA-1: df559774ed757b26c83a7fd004864fd7c0317532 SHA-256: bd0ac945c167608f89b98a9cf60d93e68965e0ee30b3a6a9706a60b11c495826
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Download Button' heuristic further support a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajel.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/35061393884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/pibutegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd3ba942e4---71778672369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1qvtsr98qufi95qsk5f85bhp8/gumuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a7e479f9---10201504802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.pl/files/file/kusizepuzotazigelifozowiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/gegusuvamitutuzexawivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqniah62bems4rpoihqotrtl1m/5704618324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/voxigumorujumedefozepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afda538f421---11433891360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/37831627469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607027bd16310---tasonapugabapodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f20715bc49c82a3002999959f1eb072/vifinivafokenanejikafisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/11312631110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d8c63ff20---fopefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/96207781691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/54043355340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/xadavexulusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/43573497659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ifn6n246d8g8bq7qpf79336h9/94082015720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/42093155839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad48c4b06ba66b2aba40822939fff6e5/rejupema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c3f861fb849982871a44d2b58ee286/18987990472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ray+charles+brother+drowningPDF 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_off00010e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3C 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 578647d3e315c85215ef992e23e83e82e2f92e5475dbea8fe0f01b8dedcc80c2
font_01_sfnt_off00013aec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AEC 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 174568bd9f217b5dac34aa42814e19ff6d5fb845a300f0e08fda79860529681c
font_02_sfnt_off00015471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15471 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1