Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcdf5086f160573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 04:13:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 2300b2ef4123bdfd3db6f537be47646c SHA-1: b9139f801ca970b0c22621a4d66467cd801a9a55 SHA-256: bdcdf5086f16057370da15ac7c83ad9ff7d3993f12ceb0ef9797e99099b2045b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to further malicious content, as suggested by the PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/jipibosotiwiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fohow77.ru/upload/file/56887018227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smgbid.com/ckfinder_userfiles/files/64384502220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gysanya.com/upload/file/210921184210001542mcdy3ii2me0r.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ace-pharm.com/upload/files/vexaxuvupelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atputasbazes.lv/images/userfiles/files/44567919584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakdekkersindex.nl/images/uploads/ruvuvevoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebufajipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.com/contents/files/besal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53398711094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/93338639073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darslaska.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26565558112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewesternmist.com/userfiles/file/59186067675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebujase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e0b7ea2120---16749779848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/223c56f029bf66aeb803623d8b4cff13/80529579068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/46903080237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/nujetiporozefajamufugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614931e48c2de---zerowukepuwitozetibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/mowamezenipomedidejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1uh27pc8hrat86l3k2p0c8rk4/82974130666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a068b582f6---15424312588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/39575702660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/28854809211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakkue.com/contents/files/22884234737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90985136575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=strategic+management+concepts+and+cases+thompson+strickland+pdfPDF 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_off0000c321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC321 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB38 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 556ad81ca88ae0ac5cfa03cb3fd5e02737f9bc83f7babc194e27a1124ff0382f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF514 18292 bytes
SHA-256: 509571e6e7dad789ab39dc20b1dd7693e0c9066094b9ca45cfd16145186abf32