Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf07742d87a39a6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 13:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f9dbe40a7c7730595ad6118a74ee4d48 SHA-1: 7bfae1b297ff6f9e0905a9c184d0ba2e9b84b7ff SHA-256: bf07742d87a39a6cc2f153c0f631497e77abb5ed103eb99942532981909f9264
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, disguised as a car racing download. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://baoveantam.info/upload/files/19687363406.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/4838220549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/86414696320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/31223566885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/bawumefuxerolakevenofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210915214553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eichler-kammerer.de/59385759016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/67287167067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/jifupugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/24503816876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/47429441965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a679dec8e4caca27b6ce229c8668f7a2/7373064592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b35c033185---juxabekakirutunudebupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613590689ca16---damakazogeloxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/94979050717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicopetrillo.eu/userfiles/files/15405591978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/20639326719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/64810082215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beauty214.com/uploads/files/202109031216153934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewuwozonipepaxokasagepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotizunifumodiwetixupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ebc7b2f182e0a35d84106f11fc7aa35/retutiduroxobolife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orkoien.com/userfiles/files/89783806058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/vofidilusawamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gro-felix.si/uploads/81860854279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=car+racing+download+for+pc+windows+7PDF 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_off0000b962.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB962 15648 bytes
SHA-256: d5df9bee44bbf8a45c625c9a7602c40c4a1c6b9f0b11ad8a40e879ba134d4a8f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BB 10732 bytes
SHA-256: a09dc502de718733f5e92801b60da465f2ce5e084b9e1bc97155cbaa550df52a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF967 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1