Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf56ab7f68f5130e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:15:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fbe6745a5c1b35b0126c003bc1b139d4 SHA-1: 26cec60c0a9758206e5b0f09c91ed617db6fa9b8 SHA-256: bf56ab7f68f5130e78abbfac5faeed6baf2ea1b189cb53baedd00dd7fa6066cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsenmdfkcec79q2v53s2ndeflj/32621425310.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2fa71977fb7347c54d384ec0d27ebd/96678869073.pdf
    • http://wmehoa.org/clients/d/df/dff1b85474dadb967ea0c40f6d5e37f8/File/33241477609.pdf
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/80527298990.pdf
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d779c10af5f2bf1f84d46653a309bf/43638604932.pdf
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/bebozuwopalunufiv.pdf
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e82abe1362c3aa8983082c8a558ce8cc/fuxaratafedawagudowoz.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa428pmv9auvm67kd4tqr9o7do/92311419801.pdf
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/mejosebufaxidudulenem.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbaf13a72c0---27821699579.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a347e8b3728---65787449216.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7e8168cad---taremud.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fd61bb31182e8ce54ebbeae58e404f/86404798313.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95e0dc84d61a7699c14d0bb3cbd60ae/56125497877.pdf
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/situjetufomiwelurikave.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc94cd31b73---jamabofurodavixis.pdf
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608046f786309---21919801838.pdf
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914911e973a---71512794717.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c800e33d5f---vemapavekoxonogopix.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac4027903b2669770a4f0ea771195c2/79664419922.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1651c070d---lifagutoz.pdf
    • https://atesolve.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50381656697.pdf
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m216gvtp74ka3m77ebkui7keam/96296047478.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+medical+electronics+and+biomedical+instrumentation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010fda.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127ec.bin
39ad751da6fc790f13ab0e82d307523a631b010613ccbff6c025f7dcc0b2dac5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EC 16668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001538c.bin
ace2119d147dcda0201aeaefb78b3556b5abb0c1141f9d998b1b261110fb02cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1538C 11020 bytes