Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd1cbfa93d662a9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-06-15 18:49:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 67c45266b556e09f6e433fbd34d8810b SHA-1: 8106a2bbffb162191d918e1179518b662eafe82e SHA-256: bd1cbfa93d662a9dd595c0a72ec2d5d2e8a2429e0973cafcd1f3967a99f44219
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this is a malicious PDF, likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bengali+porn+comics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec8ed50032---levuloloderitemuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc24b1fd39---kenirupurebazizejosukikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc891926a3---kemutilidufotidowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59149961821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64dfa051711baa6d5fccf37c90fbdb4f/wobodadurugapevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/tepojetawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/058428b24132aab37648577f97ac9a9f/mixigijobidamewabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jd76qb5r5jt2coe8qm3fcgrfo/16602840633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grph5m995h34spn424qtac0rn0/gegivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/71679139457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081121042620---dafaxokude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/70899006731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc11c63f03---zadexotasagagefupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ug5krouoqvslqhq77lava49oi7/71129211032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a5d0c3265---14290744656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8046a31a4987b88929dea03d8e7198b8/zagigedubixiw.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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00010107.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x10107 18504 bytes
SHA-256: 8704774f5cf6c0ef6f2ea526ecc01349dc45285bc8cdb9093fd56acda9027d50
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE06 5524 bytes
SHA-256: 1d3cc6810584c55d25d94ac835c1e437f2c19cfe5a2b8ea9766111b69e03dc61
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BC 9376 bytes
SHA-256: fe58b86793599a778fe7e809b5e21f68a6e5d78dd35852ce3cfdb6c5e51381ae