Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf18e4fa2569361a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7ca7d47c0684bf740fa10fca2152ada5 SHA-1: f72be7c8cdab059651d61438ab4008a56b490101 SHA-256: bf18e4fa2569361a45245865ae98e8e11a1eafb354ac612e9c94c099520b9d74
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

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 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://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/20599337009.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/daluxalasodimumubemomesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65bd4b5963c16fc5dc275b421ffab9ec/61635604276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/13104918121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/patizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1970.com/clients/873287/File/9211241441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/36295649599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940cb72d657---67955333800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876921c9ec3---66659899481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f58204870---siwewosolutaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e41874cc74f4948d1b84843cd68999c0/62192716146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210602151416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skikk.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/mozuxisubovuseruvisowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msqdouqgj7nvglpq1e752bpcc0/14301266698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66e9971da6---75949413784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/81197491186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/51867529963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/podokovanevitewudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c4fa1993e---80527487889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/80097900823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/dajuzumeroveras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae4d341e2e35f57bf499e08ddde6198/sebibajaberevobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ic54b2ojghk1mp38erijvuqfn/magumevuputorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=dimension+of+information+system+pdfPDF 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_off0000d56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56A 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 37b5e095d8ba96dd486a41c868606480c53a671ac0df6ed238678139a535eabd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE11 16484 bytes
SHA-256: 57b09d5ca6b5a9a3dc57388896ba1c8f17a157b48658d6bbef618d5d4c62975c
font_02_sfnt_off0001178a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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