Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdd63bb629cbc810…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 06:27:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1a5622d07c282eef635c41f480a967a0 SHA-1: 04d832669d69ba71c00b4e5ce253ecb19f2cb561 SHA-256: bdd63bb629cbc810c850e6985e22f447a8f3ac58cf4ca2a701fefe2f0051d60c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to phishing sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://derma-dts.de/files/file/90142642219.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9187574176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/50580296138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a76272e2b99236f0a53970c0ee18fe24/vopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c8963952a6e1c6e75d2cdba9e042779/pojolojajavowajedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/64281150784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/famapuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f06ad74b7---62150283636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a51edea3df---57337984160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faades-mtal-n9a6a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6760739706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/somatilufaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/093ac75667da1376cb72dceb12155d26/xilitugakodaxunogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/17833335492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c58d49edb53ca2d0eb81d77023af9102/11087838240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56ef28b62d---xujozofanoberuduravevitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0bf493263---legozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210522225912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/jojirudoxurevepusune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ad1bbe2f5---bufikokigesijapivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/kotazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drshapard.com/clients/73598/File/jiwajonipenedoxukebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ef45673f6---rukutivejukisetegufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799ebf87131---2834617120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=i+could+stay+lost+in+this+moment+foreverPDF 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_off000109cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000121de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DE 27876 bytes
SHA-256: e2fd8cd36af3eb0ec5fb77cbd352d2b44394307d6f6b6ec60e69e6c759e0b6bf
font_02_sfnt_off00015af2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AF2 10972 bytes
SHA-256: e205e5154265f172167f060c9763ceb96a8cf3d0294510207039486f853b8523