Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd56f9cc3589b8d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:03:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7b73280816eab51f672c9ba17b395c4b SHA-1: c80f9018775467df4100e77f02bbffcd25b1bcbc SHA-256: bd56f9cc3589b8d02b4a6be7a48bdea07bda1d39279c4353ec86440cfb06e194
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to potentially malicious content hosted on compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a lure to download a secondary payload, likely involving JavaScript execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://argumentua.com/i/file/11207154767.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/92338527216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887ee542a0a---67000716663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rj3s9u39jtd1o5j3tik20g0hj/vofobanetixeganubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6359bbca45---nebixebulebojiwegipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61376809198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dcbestwings.com/uploads/files/tezimudarozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d490a88cd85a9294fe2f2587c4ec93/14696452394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210801_E6D5D498C6A6207A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roughriders66.com/clients/f/fa/fa96273273f04fd2a06feef12b1e4d70/File/66186388081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae04e9c203e---pevuloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01339675fc---64228552632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///fobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/bumofuxiwaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/35316830835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/fuzuxatewenutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161174d303823b---xikumasezojino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/nivovejixaxefexixabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/630d548e693a0c00ff899bbd9e054a07/dijidilewudovofisunupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/wuvizojopadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4eaa6050d308b94365cdb788510109d/tulilijoranuwiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/41158017275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097bb0f92937---27869303299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64083e04ee662348fa14a1c652fa4eaa/defemujazevazireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmedcentralplus.com/userfiles/file/20566036120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=theri+1080p+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000e899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE899 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 8d79d778eb744c09241870dc4b85460889d4c407adeb4c1b3c8c5c2fdbbcbcbc
font_01_sfnt_off000101a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B8 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 621a4d3f25b23903da1996667caa410b1d3b3a23f6fe3d35ee60d27343cc7222