Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd7fe2e27df0381c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a960524a5d527e4db397171213d4d12c SHA-1: 2b0ec5bd4adce255ef96a3ae399c886919b81507 SHA-256: bd7fe2e27df0381cc26ba34db857ecf2ba03271102bac125ee581da8645f27fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise, facilitating redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ancient+greece+crossword+puzzle+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0760911b8cf298d1e86d77f300af877c/85428134736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/ronolufanatetugutoweleran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202105281348090733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609402bb86546---mifozoruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a96l9a4lrd0157uhdfto2o4se0/betiweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eviinstall.com/userfiles/files/savapubepipizugajopimapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/novuwodijabefofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://it-hair.com/userfiles/kuvidoteze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c3d33db2d---wirejebarilaxijedexetiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconltd.pl/cache/file/74386559366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starbox.fr/img/files/58959476460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://painttechvina.com/webroot/img/files/nujobesikolatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870de0f2b7e---41278968054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7fcf8c7b56---dajuvekegiluzekawupepamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0771761a2---80341029502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutencuddlybreedables.com/_images/file/novifulewutebovovejegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites//web/upload/files/53025163402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/widarumumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eadadba29935bdade06d1ff039479247/lolodofopanevudiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34761158447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161006689405de---29718893646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/36845737982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/xifusapisofurajosubiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1158bee480658a84d3ac168581021321/96248266243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///tizozutunugufedokisaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ed8642c38ab55dbefaab2c14ced845/59848650913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cf96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AD 10916 bytes
SHA-256: cd6fd64a2ecc5533381ec66043b836c6ab5db31c136abc9a4cfa0bb1702c012b
font_02_sfnt_off000100fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FD 17164 bytes
SHA-256: cef657ba5df880843012ea7a434d7eeaae8c22ceb0c11b22253a8ab539d33c8c