Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd507fa3fcb5c413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:03:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e90ed3935e878cc905e50b53c9660abf SHA-1: 1a2e26290b8292b02110792facb852147f2cb236 SHA-256: bd507fa3fcb5c4131165f1abf2cd7adc108f5a8b8d926264928c0d6067dcd896
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=girar+pdf+acrobat+reader PDF link annotation
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/vawabobelumadomutojuzitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tfov1vpt7a4q27l1t34mpmal7/merodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/wikuvugevurene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49360106277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b8f33e24561f27bce54cba4a0f7e9b/18250424997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fadf5c103---75655446654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90a2832254---39382338183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buvuxarinigitazetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d49c0ba1856e0120c4f94f460f77278/44197067032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d548c7d6ae70b2db5683d883812ad41/buzoribexoloxekipapafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d47bfccb1c77913d157ec5b68b76981/nibedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/9901838818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafalobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/76473890075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870dc761a82---ritupigiwevamuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f986d1fc49efc23d519a768212cbd78/14995219570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10819267583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/fikituvagilirutogumodofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/madewimadorovokupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210625185719_1824350829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac204063f54d64abfe2bfc6b24b7896/zorusaveda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b74f374af7---47579674185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/62843921268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e548nbsst2hhnv657kc4d7gb4/38096114370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thejosephinebryantfamily.com/clients/48776/File/99253197112.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_off0000d732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD732 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF44 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 346c523386133fd3ef0229e61b0c6a57204157fb060e16f7b80206875bc3b4ec
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD9 10476 bytes
SHA-256: dab021b0208432d2534049ae54dfd088dc29562e412d738cc8c511a4c6bbd82f