Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdb1c15db496b664…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:55:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 304f33a8c832fa97ece77b2a39e1dc59 SHA-1: b2d0575b6b6028f5b5cd8b27942ff9a0cc2c918d SHA-256: bdb1c15db496b66483031799e38568f2b8b9f68903b2714cc87aa274a661aaf6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination or track campaign effectiveness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/30251929395.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/botomarivukozidibaxiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c33f8819fe436c5a527bca99cb22051/wovuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b2534b437---bamivarejanosirojodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mchs67.com/clients/6/60/601da637195afcc8544498be66ee72b0/File/vadiwuxuvagodutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/6586637262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7cd0a4d37---69230821478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/70723663196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/71855877543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/bifidemaxemitulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/68060631374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe5f5b70c05f1e4fe6eb524961cf24a/kavepubiledotokabakikase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ce1f78dc6---96492108015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dsmue8tdprcebgs5groc16ba4/58872197942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b608ca4aabb---tedibededeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/7506465397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be63333946---4989201314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609defafeba78---96395407860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a723efe6a3e---68579272521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22960e26d53f111d03ff4eb5df9e934b/95132592043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v78bgnqp174rliskt2goe3l4p4/95202053584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b76987bd55---sewobawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/30276922548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=important+rules+of+subject+verb+agreementPDF 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_off0000eebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBD 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 26c0ab69dacc080df38146a50028944eb5565875af87a5f061c5684c9615a246
font_01_sfnt_off00011ab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AB2 11120 bytes
SHA-256: d67cac49642c739d232cf94dc96dbd17f75ec67fe3341bb2030cc26565beb6c2
font_02_sfnt_off00013482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13482 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1