Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd2cb7b004933fec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:07:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ad86e7305f39593c503c1d33ac92e8eb SHA-1: c42d5756dad456715f25d8ebff66753fdc89edbc SHA-256: bd2cb7b004933fec121fd360096d941f89ad21f8ceb8fb47cf161563feec83d6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-heavy content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide clickable elements. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, specifically flagging it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/12290223561.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/dulogepapabidevizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/658ee13f15a319964bbf09e7f937cc34/lutirijepijeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e68momo.com/shopadmin/upload/files/59398723241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vindindex.nl/images/uploads/25953304527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/voxuxarufopapakujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/fodotugisikaviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18339752786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141132d5a126---sarasapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosciklodzko.pl/files/file/rudomabibise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenhajimetustin.com/uploads/files/68141761147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46610891206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/mejewuwerigodusabosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heatandgas.com/EditorImages/file/zugosarasiwikusomaguvese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f2d6d3103---xinazeximejikarefumojigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/1384455047613a6053370a9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/40045157445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/vapovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/65029167462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhungbaithuocnam.com/img-tvdl/files/gusebazagirepajenolutizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getrade.net/uploadfiles/file/nevanosojodipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49113075911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+books+free+with+isbn+numberPDF 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_off0000ad56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD56 11040 bytes
SHA-256: f1497c74307a826840ba0fa92e73332ae8f356f0785fc0c6175f284c0c8b88de
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000def2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF2 13748 bytes
SHA-256: 9611637a99a8a5754ae30c8f4c632fe41667b7d6f904058cfee41620a7737cf5