Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf0ea05864d3498e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:16:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d81c96b1404d9a272af8be5901cbdd14 SHA-1: 1f1a8a619defdcfcd651baa5bd77097aa0e0be95 SHA-256: bf0ea05864d3498ead124461a44895d97611594539806163545375efaa76762e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or prompting downloads of further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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.
  • 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://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/coea74a08p2sp0c4pbhsbstea2/18803462979.pdf
    • http://hla.vn/upload/files/monalixe.pdf
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/25948244784.pdf
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/52098043449.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6b00a1b8b---kepikesom.pdf
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16369707510.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea589d809a30199bba34a855987d23f/buxafube.pdf
    • http://yanarfabrics.com/firma/files/92557599656.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mo39p6bsa3aqf609ar31jst24/lafologeruludi.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb3mfcria4gd1k7dugjhtid2qn/66532778722.pdf
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xulerewabopuzajepataxagam.pdf
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/86399732388.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070321c1abbb---wuwusujotodabujotodasiw.pdf
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d66815bd8---zuwirozip.pdf
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77649054561.pdf
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/19859295501.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ed0f1a449---gonawivimukikifanuzavi.pdf
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210613114524_1997598135.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/52769605424.pdf
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/64255179619.pdf
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renudozat.pdf
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67640822279.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8b3fb2f20---47949219958.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=state+record+bowfin
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010dd5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000125ec.bin
edfbe35891a2dc2ec43b8f34a75f7ffb28c6e2552ac45277f1dd62c83971d489
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125EC 10556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e26.bin
528070a091435c5c12a8a9c9db49a1ae1293e2cc092bc4aa76930337d84e81a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E26 17508 bytes