Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdadd9102ca6781f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-05-25 16:52:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b1a2276b3b398fc14f9f8a29e5971cf7 SHA-1: 379d35129caacb149112e6c97b6fe3ffedfdbe9a SHA-256: bdadd9102ca6781fe44f879a30a62c8e5c5fb07ab23310fd7516de8bdb5ce911
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to distributing further payloads or collecting user information through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8924

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como+hacer+un+plano+electrico+de+una+casa+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102f6e405b4663f19ec0ae3cdf089f0b/23931547585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084abfc30849---71615597912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/23336489598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/tutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3pc3h8ja6ql99mgmv53e5htf0c/39484474545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc9f31d366---29581468445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608290485249d---22525055985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b853ddfaf---29290086667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3edfd53c27407afede9120d57f119a34/fatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4515dbd5a---78013418224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824dab80a7a---gobutilizivowavuziniwibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88296c668e1dbc1db3cb397db05fbab3/lomiruterobuxamimunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c597c798cc53ebcb4f6c613bd43b8870/18817159126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6608c8f040539eec2a25bd97d07c448/gafekola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c28642e97743991e46885a16203f4b/8309515763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5890a6b5dca66a1db5495a296ca9100/30919030188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/81372253576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE8 5300 bytes
SHA-256: 13b60325da00e0ae8ffa87ead67092ae7894b5e148929be0611ecde24f5c79cd