Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd6e3add5a428782…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-10-03 05:04:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 58f94b66b7386a6d4befaa77b1d9b720 SHA-1: 13cfcfd8c12ee7c12370fe2098a3488d90d6fefc SHA-256: bd6e3add5a4287821d57eb684908d5bdc00b98030f419a9efcead2278deff4a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs a common phishing tactic by presenting an image lure, as indicated by the 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution mechanism for malicious content. The presence of 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, likely serving as a dropper or redirector to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161590b7b19052---93305347396.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beccaro.it/userfiles/files/85281095664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/jaxakupubiwazitataraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/61264852037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150e13b460ec---87911456542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soriwepazewedunibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitygums.com/userfiles/file/kuwapopolofidumutumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f7e788cf2---2836236508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myoffice.acqualive.com/uploads/files/vanemezuxoximapatodirepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meditopthailand.com/file/pasonaziwerumusebomobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/84849616087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/19612704931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/ditavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobolsk.fluentrussia.ru/img/content/files/28222718472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158f7b306b46---zujonowusetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/68279468294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/9411439731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/53381823233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f648f3e2e---wepeveloguve.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137642d8f3f2---50590409281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovery99.com/userfiles/file/dikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/27577030317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.eu/userfiles/file/wopikamusafegafoloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/23239904674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+online+converter+from+xps+to+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_off0000b2dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2DC 14452 bytes
SHA-256: b0a5dba32898d74905986b3793a60adbf187549357d311466c63b0e5cbeae2f4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE0 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 055ffc6285fe804ce361deb1bb94d98e9dddbabe4de4ca0a9c54deffa9db4c3f