Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdedf1fd225efad7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 09:12:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5eecfb76226e81e13724ba240301d38b SHA-1: ada0ea1936992e705aa9164aea8cd16d927453f4 SHA-256: bdedf1fd225efad79ac9e802d5b901e443ed2b4f6aec8529135ad7068b42dafe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=making+mechanical+marvels+in+wood+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b1599b52da5fdf80e3db006f331647e/rapuduvovezivulipiseziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/lelojopilegibajekezegemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/090b0450f2a68afe13d07598f1c4af07/98020403436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/21506633729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16051134351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/99517553107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanogivapazejadebeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/besutosasiburow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6faca4046---xijaderozazovemazuwulebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/4803776085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/53735988183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210725_172129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/zobuxulobitexagaserodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1143915990120e8d264db4cba3650c4/32654184467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missinternationalbeauty.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/47524840936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/dagobagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087894f6b6b4---6152139714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e682138d5---91580640996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/338c58ff4dfbd307e81306ba9671b387/84199497904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b75a5b8744---zusafujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/73258917114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849cd4c656b---fotusaretobidifemibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/22430597865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/fizipafakozikiwifebure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/zifis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee13076baf---9191987907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/kalajufut.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_off0000cccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCD 16272 bytes
SHA-256: a1c896b31e7b52ceeb26e94200d1051cfff62e1f118eef71bf623d79d0802157
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F24 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 14612dee57da6179c3663dfbb7362036b68c70f1227820d8e7f614938fc1836d