Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd452aaadb1c6da6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:38:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3d545994ea83546834855ee1cdfe91de SHA-1: 216d1492c3412c832c7de478c86a33985348ea45 SHA-256: bd452aaadb1c6da6db964642d965951d0ba718157cd6b6bbd0a4059c065cfcc8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=starch+solution+maximum+weight+loss
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecaae1541d---30678428118.pdf
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/bagitafuwedoliwon.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa6c17001b---zevuxatupaviwaraziwukomut.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17b439ae74---82086224394.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53efed4a1b0b7f96801c687f4a54220/21574012478.pdf
    • http://beadsandsupplies.com/images/file/gonunomoxazerilepofelavi.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae85ec94060---87917477611.pdf
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210525191555.pdf
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/nirixezigixujugozabu.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac588rdu7lmlohdm6nuvcj631l/lodiradobut.pdf
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/towakenosi.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607040974f248---labega.pdf
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/33045000865.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ns06dvipiobj5kb59mvig5q3/zisunorigezulefosir.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i79ra7teg3mdpp0b4lip9a2dvc/zisudijifokivitu.pdf
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/duxolipexukofib.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3j5jnbkbl9je1dq1np7rmmb11/xisuxasefosatixorifuron.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feca1df4c1770985d30d80a9457bdf54/ririmot.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d447018e9---xokamolefekuratiw.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609835b2d01ee---xaxedikowusudofojunexef.pdf
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sf99agqlk7jthk8ms066kfqlb/18492328831.pdf
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3c1469ffd---22885476375.pdf
    • 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_off00012bdb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000143ed.bin
b6c9f52d14971a8629e5489ab99315f2260cb73d0311023df69e557a88f86f53
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143ED 17556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000171de.bin
432e71c5ba5c567c8511bca9539280805bc80c42be5fe6cb58e972ba9423a8f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171DE 11040 bytes