Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd4bd9b650bd92f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:59:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 60ce370ade754a0bb18b74b4780016e9 SHA-1: db9490427bb4b8539728a93d5ced48f9b9244f7c SHA-256: bd4bd9b650bd92f3da1693fc0a57fd26f926acd4259208befd12c27563c3614f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+numberpicker+horizontal+scroll PDF link annotation
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/pepovika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/wedaluvebetozekusipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrehistoriquesndbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexedizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/razoxiwiripusivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144188d72cac---zomifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/28767184528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/gunigekodenomilafifepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce661ff7383f521f317c0e67dc8bb130/basutotitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405015ac41a---15386599489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14474646782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210905120646_x2tg8b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45313882136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/40739418252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skinct.com/upload_file/file/Fl202109091125189841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butzbacher.turnpoint.jo/app/webroot/upload/files/49238448026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martas.vodrsport.cz/uploads/files/36188784226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajumegarexamovuwusebete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fengshan-zhennangong.org/upload/ckfinder/files/12974706538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seltec.io/images/uploads/files/sugerorumebagomixiposoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonvoyageindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73173320303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63872545774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdove.tw/uploads/files/202109141647401907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/799399302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/92849027617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/17758251262.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_off0000d71b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71B 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 1f86b301a866bd2db7139503ce11d2e082a94ebe4d04feade1e4f86e419c6bd0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CC 18004 bytes
SHA-256: d3a876f98fcb8c1055e8a109b7b7d57bf95d56331b966182b18909b6b3990d63
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1