Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd47dad3ce161b4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:23:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 932ca4ccc5f1faca573b3ba39a2c6cac SHA-1: a44573ce7584ddffdfdaa1301f419daa5eb73232 SHA-256: bd47dad3ce161b4c6f8bcf7530f0baa89fdb1819314f4458d47b90dafd438efc
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits vulnerabilities or serves as a phishing lure. It contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, further supports the malicious intent of executing code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser exited -15. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae99db06b4---tobudepimenovikej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c67141eedac9ca16ab200396e4f58ec/veromamojujababat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/pumowaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atvatextile.com/upload/ckfinder/files/24209459082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901105955981386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/77775667686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ceceae85e2---60887004577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webbsoil.com/home/webb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/barizuremilebokuzigojata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380cc0ade97---rariwixez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvegosifopodogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/5576328316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83834576347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1a7554d75---mogipudosabejoretamamikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/dinosutakiraporetawugeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2bc55dff0ab77b9cc2312396e02db21/zugekugalamolananolumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/81102312600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210909_170301_6162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/zawalakanexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/5276197804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohoithaiduong.com/uploads/files/19145317832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/22127307730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109100900447344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parquet-cortes.fr/data/Files/fawolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/11598188020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/lunujixiferubovizoforup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59709911645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvubejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+emergency+call+button+do+on+androidPDF 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_off0000df57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF769 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 7ffb22a6756f36021724c2dcfc6b0e127b8ba3035ff960a381929a2d533880bb
font_02_sfnt_off000126e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E4 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 76da7a91f43ae549d27eca63efbe30caf70d9e1f5a2d86398fa1d4b6b5dfecaf