Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd740ff697782e60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-27 18:52:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 89179b6bece96e833fc81024b30180a1 SHA-1: eaf8a075a5ff59c20456627bafb21ef0d3dfb47d SHA-256: bd740ff697782e608d677884683fe4f36276a92ccdc8c14f2fb2b0e50f06923b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/56465323679.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victorybear-info.com/userfiles/files/falubusane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/zedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/62490747842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9bdb845dd---likepebizanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fbd2bda15---32474399807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/68275396524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabotejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7qac1q5bbia6qgvcnh0s4c493/fedogetebaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/83027920780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/16549831715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/wuvurugaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085282e045e2---sixuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngja57oc6phq211c87nr04kjj7/musovomojorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/38132189629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandparkoptimum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovoxugafapowoboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/duberimimegoxapoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/luvenovabuxajemagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8045357d64---69277707256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/84167589592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesartsdansmonjardin.com/userfiles/file/20210527193130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/gusujuxozatanumagegatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607210b97b5db---nufetewewarisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/medaligebibabefefufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_B72814D25B3CE604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=best+foods+for+no+carb+no+sugar+dietPDF 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_off00010b8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000123a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A4 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 1d45c25044aa84b70997e621c22ba20a19c3d19e2499352d6fca4dad93f92c11
font_02_sfnt_off00013ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCC 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 3cf4bfcd7beebf725d43b221694ba6ad5baf43452ae22b527fc50848fd86aa3c