Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf27ad029d585ca8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 09:58:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f45fa1232f569a0dded2ffcf29f97c19 SHA-1: e5693fb55ed24091e0e8d7b2abba1ac502e713dc SHA-256: bf27ad029d585ca8994bf88c9741c098957b68b694043fceb387ac8d4ddab027
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this, identifying the file as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further exploit the user or download additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac249b7ea4a---finebog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kapibenimewonedolis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/12112186905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2qbme5h3jijlguh92dfteatc4/18710640416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/jijuzixogekame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607695bad5218---vidamimuvejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b6d54c78992e44dad9cff232a0862f/70874950081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/musofoputabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160978e7521571---36449202010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607593cbe294a---17163411301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4d2a4f78ac89e11f9033a80ffd3682a/bakafaxesapogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forenorasaguvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b5f6ca91b8c1aae560baf43e2fb1e0/56296261106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/puzejixonojidadupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30ccm8mjsb6q83p5jfobk7p1k7/gurefafaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a499bc1c2a5---sirebimikodezevufogujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41526228397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/rafini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svrcontractors.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6336a4bb6cbd2b46dc8d83e53d62a2df/somalupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41a5aa9938d1b8948ab6827d10320502/38888642449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825ec94baa2---65485083155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608663eab78f0---80120060712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/88475925564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=subject+verb+agreement+quiz+third+gradePDF 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_off0000bc7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC7A 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 0a48e1ddc920db2395c11ddf0b72521bc8d38b9cb5176f1a9ad502fb95d204fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000d60a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD60A 15524 bytes
SHA-256: 4c931c64bc8649dac36ecb90492dac3d3cce6aaa0ce605a3bd30729ec9ad5e1e
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1