Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd2281dd409564f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:20:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9f30ef317c999d20891d096f6b958b7f SHA-1: 7bc072be68229e3584e025aec6198810c51a4c29 SHA-256: bd2281dd409564f38a0b6c6b205657b697d6d82bffb8faa97c125d2f3197f4fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a 'clipboard command execution lure', instructing the user to copy and paste content into a shell, likely to execute a second-stage payload. The document also hosts numerous links to other PDF files on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddgsftea8sndjtkm6unkukkhsj/domuzawob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gcnaura.in/images/uploads/files/teferot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9016f8b4dc---64873847739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c85549364a1a0cae09eb9e1413d6015/jiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe0d98a672---14185143197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c62fe397e---17862960682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/70526316028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cc1c0e299---66272445821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieeepes-thailand.org/app/webroot/files/files/sexuteliwajenawolunapef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba93df15d9b---bakujamejegobemebinuzovij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lntvd095v4duq49hom25ltcq7l/viduvagativafuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d56c0ae08---busutireda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/wokexawudupazominozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dacebd238c7---nojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystal-lamp.ru/uploads/files/terusawedezubusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/52862972678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80gb5sv467dqcedjsgsske6h82/81641460424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/2260263945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aai7d.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/85356559059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2i8vio93t89aa3e40jo2q7q3of/57716217088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a936096ccd---ribotawiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sassyissy.com/survey/userfiles/files/9827988398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=android+payload+in+pdfPDF 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_off0000e501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE501 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 67040d966f78eb54add6c98059f510c28283bcd6b279118854bc13fad69455f0
font_01_sfnt_off000113ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FF 10188 bytes
SHA-256: 097544d209631a78403725f57c340ae14ff9a4be7d46c03a7413e8ac75ff838f
font_02_sfnt_off00012ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1