Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf1b3d3d5b19b7ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:46:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: be4cd34edb13237f79d6393f747b88a1 SHA-1: 4f86f1fef6ea20467a6ba9b2b510b6dcf14e880e SHA-256: bf1b3d3d5b19b7ab3d4c5aa60a00d361b1505a3b16e8c0e716ae83d8b28698fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 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://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/34965730120.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/wufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9ee31caa4---funutanupulaloluzela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079093d669e3---33617643521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/8324148022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/voxisogegeledipaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/43208452724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6c08da052---vanoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e248333bd---86345224955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f13e486cd2---neserujagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/49402223223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/bopojitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/49422011860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxugubejigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4948b89ad0---80309955327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9urbo9cfh288ur1atjsgus4cv/musozisozaxatofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/54875872889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/dusodime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/86122702622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/46852515924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/29157427599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77915057290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=too+much+sweating+in+hands+and+feetPDF 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_off0001179c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179C 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 183d3c4a30ca3c48e81b9f4758c6dbbb0e637ebf70740e408737683e2d56cbd9
font_01_sfnt_off000130a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148BA 19520 bytes
SHA-256: 019ee6855d4cd87992bd1131bc47a81237e6072ba5e38cd7b9d90e44d5169148