Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf57b177c7ff8a42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 06:28:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: d065b039430591e30105d5312e064de1 SHA-1: 5c399e02f94a48b5deecbd281b7a6265be5a2504 SHA-256: bf57b177c7ff8a42148943b485f447d09e5472194adbe82c54ced3a315089caf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or spam distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malicious content or leading users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm points to a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=headcount+forecast+excel+template PDF link annotation
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/46973293537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3bf2d8e12fd66913afc60bcaedd442/fubijokofodidujokogixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/30585641795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36dd237e6625f1bab50afb7b01639de/39845580318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37592372019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/39082867530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//6601032627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8966e4460f---62426451281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/66520492066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba72a341bf---javemozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgkavm4atokeh1kpguemhdehj0/41678419801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d05eade7ce48a9b00d3040277205f3f/28778056517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adf8400a13---3222349476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/kowepofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/43861130797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbasantresidency.com/uploads/91902510710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/fuwedaxoxeroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d38f02fbd---duzezuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/janaxekedafemave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078287e4b15b---1446171046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/wexojegagukazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2n5h1f8h84tvcep5sdr79qhu7/94109406744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b33f08609a---55396664396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kt5d1nm8nrvrf19rmhn1ve60r83b6sq/59777751445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/radubisorani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e019267e9---fumoga.pdfIn 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://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_off0000def7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF7 17356 bytes
SHA-256: b1d0017f4d8eed2f6b673d766972d33edea9122a842f4a9026e4fe888370b046
font_01_sfnt_off00010c20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C20 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 037cad78c40bd3001398d625a138cc228d8513bdf4785e73dc84d01295a3f724
font_02_sfnt_off00012541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1