Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd20039db8edf94a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-08-25 12:43:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 90e9f00e42cc5a6996f544cf5e273837 SHA-1: c68bfe9a294d0912532b778c4fa624d6e0fd52db SHA-256: bd20039db8edf94a5b3307d5dbc9071fbffc4e6e0381ed1cafe30eade77544c3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link farm designed to lure victims to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=concurrency+in+java+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/47857543509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promise-land.com/upload/file/87191603500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5843c7e6cd81270537bbf2f5eeadee2/24581764487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/33101765785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dl8qegrc8sp7edp1f62n2qpbt0/bojifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/zuvezixagozubodamipebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab96bbd3549---betibeloxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e45c76206d---labome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/act54n4nvmvamarpqrd4g0lb32/xogezukesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0632aaeebe730c1e252937a189fd4050/62162959604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e68523f3a---rerimovajizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29bd6609c5c5c6f711823de3a5f3fff3/pazotelupuzenilifinigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7699767885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/mowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://di-tech.kr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vemogojulofizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/rigabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/zuvutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gakovejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cae39d52cb---neturapaxonaxatekejugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a9696888a75ff6f71e5a0fc2841137/47441020123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvosvalaszto.hu/uploads/files/98111098616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a286c8d07b---nabemogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botorka.ro/userfiles/file/43098228686.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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF11 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 4552cbaf7aaa8afe4dee765b8b3ab560c354d43fdbb072d9441f4ca15ce38fac
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D6 16596 bytes
SHA-256: 4b1655c9d963ab42096d56e6e92409e135677aa48f067b4574376b1ec554da8a
font_02_sfnt_off00012302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12302 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1