Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd9e4ba8922d13a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:46:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 07aef295f0c034a13780bbeb046eced3 SHA-1: 17542260a840a9b80b0b6501053d4d4af860d74e SHA-256: bd9e4ba8922d13a9267dc11762914cc8fb16ff2c49d9f77e8de9cbcba05cde86
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9349

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=congiuntivo+del+verbo+amare+forma+passiva PDF link annotation
    • https://cribpointonline.org/cribpointonline/userimages/file/60790562212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/80576778011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f72b3b5e0---wifatorufisevotaripunulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781034443ed---mafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/fasafawajakukoxudoxiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77eb125284---48735021145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/tojotupupiludezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f8e99a9ce---6745661771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3bkkc7ii2d3hkgijgcpf9aj5/jalamejedejovinufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/39129639292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/tuseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d1ebe020e2957a5074019634c190c3d/dapagadikodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ed5c74f02---jotaxeleforubononirawoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d4c72c81a---gadorukitokazozarepiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/kujijuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b49aea15d1---dodudadarujapemabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e3aac941e9f190ddfaec101f9349cd8/vasusefavojudasokebudaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/wuzelexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/40947472781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/maroxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/luvidiguxalopali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44f4e3a1d3---xogugusikezomuxexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/tusebamepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmfnefqpehsrc6i3v5h5j6ueli/wulomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/loluxilulinerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmp7u7ft9dlnjm4ir1vntjoptb/44677426732.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103CF 22800 bytes
SHA-256: 66f806740e665936056d6f36961e69de5109772bbf1a85f238d974c46ebe7369
font_01_sfnt_off00013bad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BAD 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 117c81658b29067710b37ef7f242bd455cc563c5f2cfd4575eabdef968c02dfe
font_02_sfnt_off00015572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15572 2124 bytes
SHA-256: ff7efef83a55e51d64b41c8ec6c511d50a12571d528d7aa651a8cf94820a16b2
font_03_sfnt_off00015f23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off00017734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17734 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467