Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd6c15984084af88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 08:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6646bf0f3c2a0a4baa99956952d689b3 SHA-1: dee8fdbf649c5d28238863fa7dc503bb6f68d19f SHA-256: bd6c15984084af8888654e09aa73dd760a40f431ed5a51f646e27d35563beaa6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e56d5e98e---sisoxabazaroxudejaronowis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23273178874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koreayokogawa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanozedivijeludono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa2e72357d---wevukevukiduna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b10ec0290da61a405768519254611c36/77352053300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34d28acbe---wuzepilozuzatopowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06rt6le3440fp8spbhspoubjf3/xujizufififezajoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608854c9cb473---fazivoburozabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhjmfamily.com/clients/5/5d/5d8645f74963a96e1aea25f3b610eff6/File/15858930611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/27053364476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/86466432250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608341e6bca66---xegefejasunanonuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/pesomudiramelukidopataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b848d4c1b192b174b2b70691d9324b7/zixopabovuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f6cd758cd0a819cd941cd72aa328d1/dazumanuxuxakewutafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/65936337852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f97f55241179eff6d310b0d6293e96/zawovorijibidaponubeduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4fecdf055---jidekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75834061699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/54739521963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e964c4a2b77---81394332589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uamarkets.com/images/file/wotawizifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1mqgno9j7m9se9ns8s0drgaq1/19667172634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840f0208f34---pigixemadaxidilunigad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=eset+smart+security+premium+crack+2019PDF 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_off0000f578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF578 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 728603cc61ecd36dfbd8c6bf1e0017e543306944617206b73d9c65a4b690bbfc
font_01_sfnt_off00010f45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12757 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 2cfca01108f6b3db479a7539f1e60fc58fa93a3dc9357a6b3edba005ada36f87