Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdfa997acdf3e61e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0b18ed4adb08717de46667c5cf3f5524 SHA-1: d0f943b294b30c136ca670b11faa8c2d3a06f753 SHA-256: bdfa997acdf3e61e41f632a9813f4968848b9c529db99663ee0daa16a8433946
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The presence of these link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to a malicious site, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9doq3u871luvgi08857f51gjar/ginogavopow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/2791958294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sucou8gvkrs7crkaqbc4ufjtq4/82254559732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10c2c4afee---96566301389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mezikekefakuvuzulored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a184cce0b---56331437972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/witogunonuniromaberulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745942ed1c6---pimepijofagexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqf5gtoqqma5vhk9n3mgtmblvr/85152784645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/62352668222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/mabimivomexogogogena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o14k87bujg59mol0dfop50ibib/jawavatapuzerokuwaduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/95110511752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanbonvbm.com/upload/files/vanixenagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608012f3e9764---nisokibaxeboxikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/17256616998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c27cb7acb7ac31953d76674e8ebb040e/likotutunutoluwepidunura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27d755954773f937dd8e7d2951229f13/rekawukigese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86680f00cc---94217737711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606edbc2ad345---98067333062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d51f8c092f---19555062291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b1a479a45---bonefuxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m84son743b6ies433v76g4nt7l/42467445553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97e8656c544e51d25bca29a543e711c/99074369466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1l9rvf85mn3e42bqqvml9khj0/tomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb32c938927b7192461d6256628c5821/koderegesumesego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55919f4071b024358264f7190f34b210/kavisemuxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/gobibazuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=god+created+light+and+darknessPDF 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_off000117a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A6 10780 bytes
SHA-256: ebb50c2a9deb0fb453f0ad697432737507b41d766855ca47babcc197c05a5ace
font_01_sfnt_off0001303a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1303A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001484c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1484C 16680 bytes
SHA-256: d24fcdfbc0b559ff25762f43ea838413ec24ff758b62ac9e9183f0c7f254e152