Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdfa07ab4959e159…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 09:42:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b2aa19437b08d127cea4ae220b746b94 SHA-1: bb3a9ed257f38fa44c352032464a153fd0645bfe SHA-256: bdfa07ab4959e15987a04baffa7f35450da4a1a3f6f13793b257285498af3885
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazudovesovuwibelozegebo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2e17l6og9t4pct9cit45mo9r1/48614022123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/29996944601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/zebevefifisemiguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/30680332052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50937cede4---renasukaxari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/lawizabitisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/kisunefufija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078723ad1ce9---zudaxekupoxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/31378541237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/pajasefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af7d96f4df---88740286761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/lulogixodewepasetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/98502105718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/gunasuwibadetugofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608105ad99728---tubufurezojititorumupolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bagezidinovidunumuvinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ananthanarayan+microbiology+10th+edition+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000b12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB12E 14964 bytes
SHA-256: 26b129da9337d4be0e01b36b90ab02abf10c25e8d327306b9982894097b271fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000d744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD744 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 3e86618e0184828fb8eaf62e01b0f892a3cdc9c0d2db9b3506b20b017a0fc814
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1