Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdecb93013968f9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 08:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 351a8d5454335a8690aa92812f680c7a SHA-1: 606b74c3624111acf93a2306ad3de1469149cbd0 SHA-256: bdecb93013968f9aeb416d0dfb88aecc281e57a4514babc3e08e08f14538c7d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of multiple URLs, some pointing to WordPress upload directories, suggests an attempt to distribute or host malicious content. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/67900242996.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1b10e57f2a---winobunomamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/rezawofonarijapozawabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/5582142322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6be389801b34c3a760e75c4c94cf37ba/81832121943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/tuwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/nidebubatonexepaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2957cc215730de8cf4e36e1c88f7e5f/67020397633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b0d18c17b679cad212384fb2086d00/sexepudekisez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/67004680583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kc8hoa70numvb5t4if9dijt4ju/waxuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757a760938a---46984792574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d47e4b90e---12684178418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/pababenaxubekazodaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1rlvevjqsk5b215tvr3eabfc2/50919606917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/10595207074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/90733531338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607827f52ccb9---dusulabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/85655918357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebriarranch.com/clients/876969/File/73333615674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/27416422906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689vpa22ha66vuh2cong8her1f/47314248804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f7315327---47373158305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4752cb7a4e96c745cd14e4755c05524/40379145071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=elegant+digital+life+planner+notabilityPDF 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_off0000d5e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E1 16188 bytes
SHA-256: e2b5101f2f8c6de39979b986be37e00cc31e9b1f2c413aca6f67e84178291806
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B8 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef00984cf99ec2d6768ca33a8f6f889a811fd9119bee550c1e64f5382865166