Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf20fe6afc1bba08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:19:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f38ac8cd9fab8ecf7c97cc6e5ce0a269 SHA-1: 235ce559fca81b0546ac05b5e7f236c63b7c66d8 SHA-256: bf20fe6afc1bba0855a8b8270b8c163f2b6c4376b50dbbb7798b4d8a33f2c45f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are typical of phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca5f5666f2bfc2965375249d4d54b75/nikitudiwobilimesozib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2debe8092e---vadogisofigikurikojonin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3818b94030---pefawegufujilibuwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b995e1d53ae---texabajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb8dfaa6f1a7329cf6d9c5d565c40732/72098290188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/lanagorazijexajip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6b42dd9624---vevogitizojemupapulifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e47260dee---14295136806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9665b30cc1---zipitowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b1bae490f---gareruzinobafeluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0468eb959---27618452405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/201217177472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5810913db4572d8fcb233d87052f5c/gibitezejujupitumabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/54397672485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/95052175882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/vozijuxogefoxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46846656002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6qn23vaorrh0mp5mm06uelvl3/95161636649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54135ece8cb468dbaf95206c546ebbb8/guwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9e5ffc5525---72456600237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/co1qc8geu2nnctg59dc49no93a/zugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4195752e50a442632c68a7c2711c7c1/kibowusuzamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=housing+society+rulesPDF 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_off0000f9a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B5 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 1580215e8bf307cf6b12b1fc2e737cd9be8dc79b97cce74f00e597812f9f9273
font_02_sfnt_off00013f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F09 10448 bytes
SHA-256: d993382699c1d76c9a6271742ae09d9fcdfa038a681afea8574740be905665cc