Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd432a2a904cfe3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-29 15:20:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2af17a5c103baf1cd327f2f38a5a33ef SHA-1: 8f5db25c99f7536bca41f9110a6476612b1e270a SHA-256: bd432a2a904cfe3cf45a51f9d3f74b5fa4b1603c22eb0c97f8105bd770618079
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal that the document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. These links are likely used for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crema+para+piel+grasa+hombre+nivea PDF link annotation
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608165f30f20e---25107353539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/66822853891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f64eec8d337d0e800d90c761043f3e/57256391848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/60189535200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/zizevirekebusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63231bcd1f51b7b784174b4f92701f99/17610253417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7c5e00745---wijusowinopogepelilubizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7067622cb---60041862817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4cbd023df---83323860774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7263d9cab---33503845334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnh0t4g7jladiejd5106l5u6ds/12373644522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/63214203196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/laregadelakorimixexiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g8i4ub6ecke36i9cupmnsmsr6/gafawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87413ab8fa---nedoxefasabibizedenad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585ff589bc986bd77f505c63002e2af3/zazorenududunimixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kund-in.com/userfiles/file/gosadoxulezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4281b72dbaec1c9f435ef3eef1ca2465/posijomeguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/22525961185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/lebuveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/lenavijidowotofanarefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166f9bbf41ec4bca273e77564116ba0e/87289079422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d4d5ac3282e17c45ad62c2677c985b/79080591162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c692799a18da4cde9cc24e00e38077/23448786934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q4bbgpksommkc1nu2bngkpts7/sovakigajew.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_off0000fabe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D5 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 8b7355d270051ffd1b307e89718bf79d70bd6d653779fc3b43ffab6233c86928
font_02_sfnt_off00012b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B69 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 1b6d8339b7b8e254d2967fed2f8f7972ebfa1f093f4b8bb4369539aa272dfe68