Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdfdcfccd942aa91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 672c6d3fc2dd9401669a1368836fbb06 SHA-1: bd0a6cd0abeeaf36fbac824f918c7a289f0afb0e SHA-256: bdfdcfccd942aa9101643e43ac023de6249b55024f5850691370cb3e69c8af56
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links is the primary indicator of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=actuators+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/45177967444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wojczak.pl/userfiles/file/98849012103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87081280929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/38575246609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/wuputegepoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhceramics.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jebukawezuvibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7388877f069426c46b08e2471392952/91868463529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b454236dd---jofuzoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/12103262102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/79674235861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peiitw.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/livavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2c49d8fcd---86472983232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59634965389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c0f83c8e8---23163352939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ed0a93258fa6e57c046962b3657a3f/mojixunuraxeviwexilezedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fa3b2e739---lajabetuzufoxugosavebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0v5orisrpibrmd8no9jk8kjv5/25021325625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f28ec15ecfc---kosuzuneleferuxeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366b73c03daf8094703528d8b29ff213/87501024634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/79745536756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6684v4brafvctnnduu6o3c5r8o/xuzofaxopepewewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d7vsf0pd70n6n4fbo0g9pjp12/41381540945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67628878580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g2q1e18am3qkuc897r8o5iu23/zavepasalufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crescentcarpets.com/userfiles/file/manatep.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_off0000df82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF82 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 9118ae32090e8b3e261175a7eb7d9b0d76ba1388ad645777aef9020372ca147a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF849 17124 bytes
SHA-256: adc5f473f63249800d2e015bf12d0acf4ee24371db4f6041491d4415e760aa6c
font_02_sfnt_off00012518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12518 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1