Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcd4e30447ae7d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 17:53:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4207b39574fe8df242c711a912a8b893 SHA-1: 8d85e054df83af4ceb2876db01de63f2623cd5ff SHA-256: bdcd4e30447ae7d7efceb7d358118f26dc6f6ba7620d0ce0d45e603f40672457
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external resources, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://93564497.com/userfiles/xilaguwowipepigawi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/478521233ee1e9240a71aa677b6d32bf/50180414531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210612_7DFEEC34A780B406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/29787885585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d729a46bc---wodesusesixidusodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49vn1k6r9t014rm5gqh4vdqdtn/43585916834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f5bdbc5f3---worugalopamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/16744355665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e19d518cf9f2f5d89fb5c55be50ca5c3/xuronokeliberomamofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonugovujololovagejofus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34b9c5adfac74fcd917ee86a8a38349f/tawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab19b5c4b3f---31726492481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83109697553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/sadizubuxopuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c4f59d022e2851d09e694b8baf187cf/paxowuvogegulorumesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luboduzebugupajukesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b67ba65f2fa---bipazogenufedilokowowipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torowefutitupizoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88b7b644feb9cf8ffd083ce6fd9b3a5/68288869497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/vejedoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfb9a23b628---pojamagagopolopogeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84b32hnoa96aij4stmu5aqvpq2/98429111900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee14rp7qtereun90pfhs5ee6s/45802041711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+id+song+codes+loudPDF 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_off00011387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012b99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B99 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 5db1057e520e3908f9ab0dad187733ec7149fc5cdbadc62fe50c79bafe6e0241
font_02_sfnt_off000158f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158F9 10572 bytes
SHA-256: f6eb9b6fc0477b87913d648ef0de77e726fa5049a28ac7def50d1d3ee382cdc4