Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdf968df4e181f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-01 10:42:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7ac2197e02d8b10b2a212005b3b97aee SHA-1: 4322793cdd3c786c2c5adc75dc4be020286780bf SHA-256: bdf968df4e181f2d2b110937a00f48a62e6f2145172ecf02336040440d1cd895
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting the user to phishing sites, as suggested by the numerous external URIs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28266332052.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avpba52haf6c7t7jbspm6vs962/jexaboxusojevovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be61f96091b---61281446062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37748595125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9653d2195---rigasuxebonarunovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/44970308949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4390b923231b10eff42a82f53c54906/55073390119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/rufaloragexorerefetowari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacartedesign.de/userfiles/file/31080901975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namlongadc.com/uploads/news/files/powokawedupumizasazevake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/53872550620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/14370487365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e628f41497---wegimopegixapoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67727060178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6908f41cc30aebbd0f021439de36f528/62547547144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/23907975402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250af41d03da9614304338b498a99950/61546501366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmkjg9citvtu1k7tnsj57q4koq/vijeramezatafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/46865273554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070baa15f1a7---wevexowane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/gunapulagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab859c86289---20766235772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/muledewedatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/2827161398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sample+application+letter+for+any+vacant+position+fresh+graduatePDF 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_off0000f8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C3 11424 bytes
SHA-256: b6b881e9d21ac1f2134bba2627482b587d788c08141138768e45b858834a954d
font_01_sfnt_off00011351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11351 17952 bytes
SHA-256: d6423e4d1f24e9a6259669edf7e55b123f3be93b5cca00635fde468defc736a8
font_02_sfnt_off00014262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14262 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1