Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd711c16430c470f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e726588cd3370163491fb68626324c54 SHA-1: 8c7e0d26b66df03217da36973d1705ad7a84c829 SHA-256: bd711c16430c470f029415cc6d58c98a9ba44680011148d93878eed630d7814f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly analyzed here, further supports the potential for malicious activity.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/50897639176.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/zasiledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864b9bec37c---pigarigoruwavavilugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210810050251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go93frq1vbguug86liqec75rt6/wijoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/53123985909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/pulepivora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/17608855314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocq9kqqu0t5mlkjmtsab3tns7p/xalemasifeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/javepikuwupaduvewoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.com/images/file/79880755895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7828f1c8f---39483233202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/99609837712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/53934515377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161181b0585c04---bovinijoriwefegiwoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f085ad865b---nobimewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8uqvnu510u19omn1efgaucem5/22314847365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d093f36abb---41875176426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/79436114547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b1f06fb62---32152076923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/gidojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75b861e0e2---jogofefuzodolijudumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085236b53573---9224257862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/68444148986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eshop-kocicinadeje.cz/files/file/xanimokemomokumabaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=kamias+wine+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_off0000f25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25B 10372 bytes
SHA-256: db5d8ae724449c893535ad1b9abb305b7970f7ded687c4dc78d785bdd637d173
font_01_sfnt_off000109ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E0 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 2c1ba91bc86268d6e6d330e00e07df4459580428e0cb400b1061037b79be6c4d