Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf462f6014a5f444…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-06-10 23:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f541a3cb855c4c7f2b50fbf8cb962c53 SHA-1: 7451e1a28fc30dfbc6a4ae807c669ac84bd0e1a9 SHA-256: bf462f6014a5f444e00cf39b5a739553e01eb6b8a400f6affe1bf2f9a8900a2f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to educational exercises, likely to trick users into clicking the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prefix+and+suffix+exercises+for+grade+8 PDF link annotation
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210529_050246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/83040883121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4f43m18b0edtkd2ke87krm872/90690970051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/57190771646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a5a944aa2---26540656648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d027f4c854---jedeledesiziwimirezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37189e2fbbc039553ba1fd962fb95442/5286441425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pv0j276b1hs5gd147lk812u611/24753006020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811de28690d---43078344488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7842445c8---benelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/baporijawefuvuvalebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/toxixifefosani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r399u6bac5dhlpe5cakg37m2co/17512835485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d2188d1380e82d2f477d0383d7dce3/94163852945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/41209684618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d241045566---lametifujomulivusowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/zavovemevafipetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A0 5420 bytes
SHA-256: c5295ec0e0dd352191715e82758caaa3bfd5f54e17dd3e641f2a924e8565ed81
font_01_sfnt_off00010426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10426 10928 bytes
SHA-256: e647ed383b984c04bc617ba442f756adeda16ef7d9057a7579c30db356e9d7bf