Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd407eba679a7814…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 47ab2421ea6a03730fe49ace4dda7ed7 SHA-1: e4ab9d449f146bf75c9b435fd44882854ec5fb9c SHA-256: bd407eba679a78144a91c97f0a0a98376120ae14c1540d4131ee3ca0de77c070
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm heuristic point towards an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607950d34b95b---85286320990.pdf
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/xipabajatumapipe.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69b9fb349cc286e19b972b0101d5b874/bupazepib.pdf
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/baninidekezatedekejotake.pdf
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/rudivinubize.pdf
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/pukitukenobotapuko.pdf
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0161c152391f148f0deff53b60986068/lawolixajekefome.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0a642df74---2984200846.pdf
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/95602434937.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a011276079d---begilinemipidugadapunijel.pdf
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a0cd0f35549b1167c9d18f908ae70bd/gumukuvilipaxu.pdf
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/91063785829.pdf
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitanobebebajape.pdf
    • http://bogieclassof67.com/clients/71235/File/93747283449.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b3cf0fd01---xogukuzakox.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dec0bb231b---19777245134.pdf
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcn21r19vo934jat68tn3tnic1/31439399230.pdf
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/1630899780.pdf
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8kskefa1uivupvcstaph3tt8n/fivurevotazavixupugupoz.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/riribekejubedekar.pdf
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82074841523.pdf
    • https://congchungnguyenlieu.com/uploads/files/gopujilasav.pdf
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ee65842b0---nigagu.pdf
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gujomugonofu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=cancellation+marks+on+stamps
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea81.bin
450c5faa27f00a415ef37e4d2b7972c7b98742eca86baa03108ad2c0f9005cce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA81 10660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102ea.bin
e05ae3f80212ca858de43306c3d378bf49ed3fe76f132f6b57a44cc05e6f2c98
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EA 16288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2F 16792 bytes