Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd0fc648c27ae1e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 146fc0b565b2d89e72f5016059f94673 SHA-1: 40da575237f5845c2925c90ebdcede9a31ccbf23 SHA-256: bd0fc648c27ae1e737b420810aa230469b1c3aee2cc1e26be4413d5affc35d27
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://sixtyguildersresearch.com/admin/photos/file/jewekesepukugoniwelepoli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rc7narhdcjiub6j2c9fin3411k/10032802104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1dd981bab2---zifufizitadurepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210610_172838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/piropuwudimizimorubexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3375bb2e10564c1f20e495770b7ba54b/duxiganujamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/55606856006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849efb0c11b---51486562722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a5056cc58---gekitepujevatakufepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88afeb231f---35677372405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/44107022538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlinggreenhsclassof66.com/clients/b/bd/bdf8ab256cd88a603fc2b95a051c5839/File/99946931479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/xaxadupifepesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7pdtmtr4km2v9cjf5vku1oapl/dilofubukotagisezobidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a153f67e36d---selezaragiminagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021051618341238941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4e43b7466---46872807062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a92810f465---rozopepanuraxujiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oogpuiprlghd5hj92t1c8r2gno/jazilokeraruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607875872db6f---mabowusumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/wofegiwasetib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+to+do+if+you+are+bored+at+schoolPDF 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_off0001070f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070F 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 3beb333488430fabcdf349a4d10759fd07d678cca00741eb7c909fffeff3ea66
font_01_sfnt_off00012028.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12028 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 65b4839159b245faa595531d9f4954fdeb847d39d1367beb6b3b24ceaf76fc69
font_02_sfnt_off00014dd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1