Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd914815b8a58556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f47a42dc4ad7be63dcfad7f4e06a9bdf SHA-1: 63dd4974892a88e16f4f47ef1ddc380919c9726b SHA-256: bd914815b8a585563e70bb672051eab9c40421f0e28e4363d0a40072d6cc6a03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=problems+the+world+is+facing PDF link annotation
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/nosakuvitodefijobajenopej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/11594858433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/dobavirefesujed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/kigorumupepavugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a81cc6c3199a7b8de5b102c1cf7564ad/30146328068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jmrk0b3gvmmoh9nhmpn8j5235/62227014250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210508171455791181488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/6785865483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/bujiridijegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.net/contents//files/81697183183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cca0197fa9dada9e142132a64e0f3cf8/73769324871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7d69b0a675---fodutemonaduripefilosobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beyondpins.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sefisizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balatakeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/tamurorunozepura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15873246835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ms86ngkb5k1kqsvqlronqe358/ragejiwotagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/tidufoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/29828719286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc49ld3lc2cda2n597pku3612a/18032737773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadumumusuzuvilileji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/46170574135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/95697450817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bd7f80658---dikimerezavomuzumifixenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/kusikubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc82457da8---9479387302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084127c3dbf6---tegatiko.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_off0000d007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD007 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE819 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 1e8da568aa0f72a87db50c13f21c83094acefe75df0b218b90f2b92832a0e799
font_02_sfnt_off00011266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11266 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 84e4d3e551959d3fdc220d49f07cf0a59ec598863c1b8baf7b3f72f4d335476e