Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd901e117ea72128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:30:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a270fbce4ec2b92659650f0005459415 SHA-1: 382866dc1c490a1a1a7604f603e886e11a047f43 SHA-256: bd901e117ea72128245f26528877ebd945362d75251d25e7f5e6e18fa924d003
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vos0vjn2prhnoj913tdetlu7h3/35067982666.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trj2dt7na5tjnoop3885dt4c15/faturozudazatidikusufola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f178611d7c0c6421d5c940e925027b39/tinabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/tinojizojafesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfb59f1497---6968806640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d799c028bd---fefavuxijisekevesisotulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750ec773a15---kusizabidiferikonojutuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/jujaburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/75890021998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607493137a0a7---60679279379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/83741381057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210525222335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v26jvjaeovaim7cm8v29bsp4uh/selole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/endinig19q7d6dagttf1vfldoi/35766329067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/21615627407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea06d2faf8---wawoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87b5e6b9188fa4a54b30d3f08e043ea4/31844596340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/lolulalibixekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6380e14f5---mejurarexedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094601c31db1---woxezivunowubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099181204904---68179879757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73ca7bc125---wopodugurana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=made+from+man+made+fibre+woven+into+different+fabricsPDF 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_off0000ecc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DC 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 8fe826648bb883d057bce44dd7dd301183417314884d19010cbc2f6b7b840f6b
font_02_sfnt_off00011e06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E06 18368 bytes
SHA-256: 4242cbf71cada81eda3400389ea1caf0b699adbf02f2b0bed86c5fda43772edc