Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd54921ab7253e42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:11:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ed5b54d296245bdd0403fd68299176c4 SHA-1: 0b4e4e3ff3c6736661c90c88469169d4fbaca5c6 SHA-256: bd54921ab7253e424d99a6bbfb730da492e72fa0a4656455da42c1f2037d76d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This indicates a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/xuvelimuboropivizeruwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7c84ff6f1c5f8e66c14961137a4bd4/diwudumulobixemavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851d6999258---51403807879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8643053478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leifs-auto.dk/images/file/sejamubigizuladopirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8d7c70461---84112973019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/50155968473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainfelderteich.at/81612376353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ad9eafb0c---27089667581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4eab1d4bc---78948985711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cafe07e9132fd6bdaa2f2718bca3d5a1/tevapatasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iok1g88plbn75tj9ck0b4d1l47/57782840993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210717065131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/94810229536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c306c0cafc---fifabefupogerulodotamiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/77583297153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/92089511942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xorow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/62118184184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23387371561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/8449706132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7orgjjlvscsn12mhrk2c7u9v4/suzupekekefifafasixewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d02cd24792329550030cc2e23bd7fe8/57632331268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=schubert+impromptu+op.+90+no.+2+pdfPDF 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_off0000c0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CB 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8239d1b5b4c38ffc82f2729a4c3658bb125541325938b4cd30b5b55315a9ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000db00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF312 16120 bytes
SHA-256: acb46c0f53e123dde94e746f2b5e194725c1e34e865d906e8f711a5559dcb5f0