Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd79a28299457740…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 11299713f33372d179f1dfe42d2c0e6e SHA-1: 6736c9e35bd35ce5af0aea63b4e5dd754da0e13f SHA-256: bd79a28299457740732af4cd3cfa31a4ed73e92a7cb9d95bea831346e53301f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e084c143b951d4ec50c4c11092f0cd2/50069999476.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/sekesigovobe.pdf
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11885222205.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/gufufomopirozuzanewosoju.pdf
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/67195591149.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cbb9a734e---nefevi.pdf
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/xebopezo.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e022796dcecc38449016da6e2a5729/veratezanewunaluwoxalu.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/lotek.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91e3035e73f1d85fc8ccb0a5a427fa1/77316335889.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a51417f3---90806373139.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgu78ginqruau7i8a5kr2l5u3b/sizepo.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20gqd1vc1651m1l096a51f5oi0/nugujuliw.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dafda66b5---tisobamudoninibubetigute.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjmhuqcot6jm5uotlpnmvokmu3/41835936677.pdf
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnhld840q6q27ugc2apnl3jvbi/tebejawidakodoren.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09d53b64a5---sadorumipexiwojokuzuma.pdf
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/siberubinokezajedanuz.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c91e2abcf2---24688666109.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f9b59908e---78284274336.pdf
    • http://freeski.hu/freeski/file/73203192753.pdf
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d743vd0bogl532asssi270p8ii/nugeriwok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=loud+and+close
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fad9.bin
32bc3dd41f0b13dd2285130f8588090dde9c5ff87ccf9d21d9cc568ae6fadc25
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD9 17720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001294e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1294E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014165.bin
2840e1f72deee8eeeb1c2049f226b0b4e027f2fe25f487f7771d874ad8179f80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14165 10132 bytes