Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf22b64e976707a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:27:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0dc7166fd555c83fdf7de06eec480b2d SHA-1: 31b83ef7041266970065e472f426cf9f71e8f0b1 SHA-256: bf22b64e976707a5063efe7b4b0c5c99c737897223c41ff694cff6f2a03b1071
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading malicious content.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc01880c9d12f3aeed55b44e1b21982c/29020667563.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3851b00a9f02a19d311d20c5f681eb8/kugumurisinamunuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/puwovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/75026299136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abw10thstreetne.com/uploads/files/denezokorutuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/23011424355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/2795276362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609495d69ef0b---57729671713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svrcontractors.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95ff95671c0319659c60e45ec8368be6/78739290601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22e9da0e4e---begolotasoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/58034337345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/48583477501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentpopetutoring.com/clients/d/dd/dd6b7bcf94cac99d3bed97cf8166637b/File/44830107994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/nujuzunifabefuzikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikozoketapodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c91d32b8a2---ritoxabeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f1d115870---voxunafopirixogetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odessahighschool1970.com/clients/7/70/70263b1be1b93b62200e198143f59f20/File/vapenudigusumepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/44341847128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c3cdea437142ed6aff505aa5ac7eb65/23937944692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/gulizelogalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/58744987876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/74318822734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepefejajebimanebelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/vevulekamotatigopizujozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=all+english+antonyms+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_off00012d92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000145a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145A4 18900 bytes
SHA-256: 5e5e068ccb84c2b69f3632feb27e1cc2b0d3571667a133c3f2372ac4b7f181fb
font_02_sfnt_off000175e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175E9 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 11521543db5faef3639d1b43b9a927174342cb2915dec4cfd4e21b310d50fc36