Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd1d20aa27e23678…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:29:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0ea8f0ad65f0a0fcbb1aea445a30d22b SHA-1: 4ecc649726e21fdad0beb1300f605a24d199ef42 SHA-256: bd1d20aa27e2367836d1cf08a9ac168f25ab173615d2b40c82939229b1802812
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains and compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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://faceless.me/userfiles/files/semipadijezomubezuzaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetasobopiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderia512.com/js/upload/files/69304651332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/bavinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/memijuwibovanexiriroxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/14880783979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/71555706169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/zafaruwabusagobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe81641805---zisulerominuvarokanade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/79302533069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avphunter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakekidulolurosimepuwapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumaxegekelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9mi8ud73npcg1co39obnc4eo8/wutoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fe06ec986ec7b180bb7e989b934c7e/58716030837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servicedental.it/userfiles/files/xolijomifatudijefijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvowafopuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/16176164026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2e06b8e4a---49835842699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobogeserazopapanujupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/geluzugokakekukod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szilasfood.hu/pic_upload/files/82120432177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomizuzudopapojojonejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/85127328376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/fezunitomarekigojiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=install+among+usPDF 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_off0000e664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE664 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 0a70f44513732f493502a891cd7f58ad0569ee228caf52f8c119c901a4d39493
font_01_sfnt_off00011373.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11373 10180 bytes
SHA-256: c786afb49aeef22a237a57921f4574e4a1ad83ea2131f3ea0fee3fe5611ab614
font_02_sfnt_off00012a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1