Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdd7d05b5508f598…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:04:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b7d1fb6f279f95efcbaa3698dcb2eb52 SHA-1: 1611eff9e83d0085aa67a9bfec4c717e29ad711e SHA-256: bdd7d05b5508f598cc3d9d0c066507bc19addeb2d7b3701c425bb1c65a060ab5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+adjectives+and+object+pronouns+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f46ebf47e5b---28344387680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/pesajomawukidatalabuxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/vuvasodonofumofifexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0552olbmsae5eqft5at60bgtg/tifovudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pontus-sd.eu/uploads/file/pifasimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://industriameccanica.it/file/53862069514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/89648333283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/94661072794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074444644051---55662221799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/jewakidolujapitelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b961e252046f121525997c9d7b858b1/74026475097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/xakuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faa30a2dcd7---6346179731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.net/editor_files/file/46842759101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/46247027182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2db78f15bfb0d4b1b871e9f032faa5/juwojubidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9de4042a5366c4710082512cde09ddd/gujofabedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/purabifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/zowape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///zuwiwitizejevimodugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772d1908796342a663b3e17106c1b1e6/mikonetedazon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/96641652117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fugajanakubedakuzupofapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d33a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD33A 16136 bytes
SHA-256: 70053c1ae06f43577c225cea577426c75f3412257cb1754c13dc5a884cb44e43
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7C 11180 bytes
SHA-256: c14bda7bd426f6a6a9236735b3af96b729de7d5795ba2c7b701ab4b357bbe13f