Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf4d94567c989742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: dc97c97874416c07f31bb05118c136e6 SHA-1: e83effd5268d275d673bf5fc71c64c6995351f80 SHA-256: bf4d94567c98974290f0fcdace097977b7066da846f49160835d2fa81db1813b
156 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 utilizing the 'super-forms' plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially compromised or malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afc544d83e94fc954874bd6423f07f5/mutesevorinakafewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/38813381790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonlawhouse.in/userfiles/file/5469144445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jbgp9q5qdqoaal7noe07276kp/35330256493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6897372c5a8608c5e502c93980a27ab/rijonixiduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/balesudawokituzezoxefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8b4180974c704a0eda36749f06979f/tezefupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu9uq3sbf5m1f4c4ftihgv26m7/lalomegigufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/17330499203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44b733aa96950bcdea31cce7ee19569/suzurisozimuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/dulavupoxifibekabudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/70619047153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/17332931609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbc10cf9ed---74895641240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d767b154e5d5ab2fbe98bd6872302da9/bavexoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41c1edac7985910a452b6a0c685f326/bomolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/98015389151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/62545136674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/rufowezofomewimorobojede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnhl1mh4s5lh74ppqbs35p1u10/demelazoginavipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/bemaxurenupunado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f14390374---sipizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=r+pdftools+extract+tablePDF 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_off0000dca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA4 18692 bytes
SHA-256: 3b65c90d14a5a49c07ed0e3ad53d7b7279cbb6f64738356092125188241ce7c7
font_01_sfnt_off00010db7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB7 10704 bytes
SHA-256: b725f0e8dbaec8db5bc293ea8cdd84b86a756f385056c01441a3df04c9be0704
font_02_sfnt_off00012646.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12646 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1