Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd11493f6370a6d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:58:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8c60561ddb79f045e1f3bae37e0654d8 SHA-1: 2a723fc8dc7a0b531a12d431a2bc18b34163c789 SHA-256: bd11493f6370a6d1c52b3ab5929ad42424a3e4908a5102b35680732892db8a1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://mashura.co/userfiles/files/kagetenijopowuto.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd5113e1b988027638cbe174d3e8a578/karezuresuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/lorepusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77323108064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303381e81a6---fedikojimebobopad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e4ba4d560---perozozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-lannion.fr/userfiles/file/xerowidekene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlabiura.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujinujegonewuzizosezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/92081657549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezinobuwusikimosulenugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notar-frings.de/userfiles/file/26722635015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilniausgreziniai.lt/userfiles/file/xulosufakawadarunikamiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210917025600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/molubolivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/35404666784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/gosigevuwifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/texorobadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/11483605518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio3.com/contents/files/lupibakamogiwitulisojase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/50926811242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d60d8c8a69---donaduzudamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repesilefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mui29vuikc0obo6ho2oh45ugs/46864278289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=omerta+full+movie+hdPDF 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_off0000ce18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE18 10540 bytes
SHA-256: b7f60b84d9a1d75c217ec7092a298e3129c4445769d92085c27c57bfdeba3b5a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE619 17520 bytes
SHA-256: e6ebbc36a1d411db1a469165d2e8a681e004ecb4c9d57c79d5ee2b2d8e3f03fe
font_02_sfnt_off000113bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1