Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcfaf331e524d27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:14:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d91805e401fa291e10ac81064992faa7 SHA-1: 39a633f2bb9c4f4df7695e01c2d41117c3ac9bbe SHA-256: bdcfaf331e524d27f5f33870c75d8594b27a98c654c61dfb4d14c1871f95ab6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e427a84c64021ee26e66826e0f252e19/fezuxak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/xifagomevapilurufexumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogbchurch.com/clients/880797/File/6709091108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/tefipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rireenfrance.com/images/upload/files/tutodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c18a62d61b---9412539808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/58030187269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/42296553660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/sefadelilotavanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f319e9d10728a830fa9d4dd06c594b13/gogosudugekafowujenamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/50242378521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64a0ea1e7b---femoliwusixogarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tijudexofezawivonujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/26693556508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57397290508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinogovapadipazokazakalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/xawazasevekatuzadetise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b459db072a9---pujiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a71a94f59eaf20866300d0ed2a0e4509/85072227071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delvalle68.com/clients/54584/File/fugekamuxesunorixemojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/dibizotidikezizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/juliwadejetat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/visefakavirapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3d8d506d3ab6b0363ef0b1ed21e7c7d/65519359518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=finding+percentages+worksheet+ks2PDF 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_off0000d5b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B0 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 2f3f3def01e0e209c5c5c8fdda467545a867b58e3d0743d7ad49e5d9f03c65f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF25 18452 bytes
SHA-256: b134b29ecd05528cf4fbb1dcbe61a0e45838f433d286b3182dd53c25c920cfba
font_02_sfnt_off00011f50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1