Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdd62f8724ae2551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 05:41:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1c1a0f3e7f42ed649fd26c4c3084309f SHA-1: a7da1b13e2074fcfb8503d7b59bea18f1d2ecc06 SHA-256: bdd62f8724ae255105b582d19420dd3bdf8f33a0c349433bb08704ba7126cec3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs. The heuristics indicate a link farm hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+absolute+value+equations+practice+worksheet
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d95ef6a3849---wawotasum.pdf
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/gozujesubomaroporasuji.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dgs1nhqcgiiudk2arq50j8076/wefudibu.pdf
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/44495049539.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vp60oaambo9b1pl8b4jps4jnr0/sefudesivev.pdf
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/fajoxozu.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd297ce93bc719b5000dc14a1a559fc3/toxer.pdf
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/witojegozivapa.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efd6ad1a6f---veziliretupubebolalutomeb.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95eaae39e8c9d206e4eaf762c64ca23b/madobiwam.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0efk8sr8lb0ch4m783in9atrl4/58403530614.pdf
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9edbf49755d9c07cdaa25133100ec46/suwalozupugos.pdf
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/rozapunomosinezojoduros.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e28f9cb29eeb70e1fa2e2e412a5b76/bevilolozawobupawig.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf6fdb16e79224db04a29eb51fd6d3b/51170821425.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/toxorikodaj.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c7a88dc2---42875183199.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774f1976850---sisaxobizeduwofu.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0850aec506---94056887044.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d561c27d0---joroluduvilivanuvagololup.pdf
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/tezomopa.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/96442073881.pdf
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/dufop.pdf
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/mojawazuzopupubifexip.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9be.bin
f702f9b620e06b9adff5d339db7a87d4c90948b50ae71fc6911cd1f5bfbbd3bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BE 11360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103f8.bin
31696cd133c71e9c246621f5a23bd11e5edb1d18535a6b573a9a70bc87ec3213
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F8 17092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C1 16792 bytes