Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf5cc4c48d9b1d61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

160.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:33:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1bfaf9b4465c2ceaf256adddd24c016e SHA-1: cdaa8aa12492837e9bdfef17417a4824e7e41813 SHA-256: bf5cc4c48d9b1d6139e027dd2865e5b0ad46c3f6b1277318dfe2f48ca69086f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

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://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7840764ee5c31d9632dcb2ee36293112/wupigokedovinaluzevur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/lafitivadadanerinavivene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c9c853c42a5389efe4dba069a9aa4cb/58261767270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/21527027702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d1672dd8faaad02daff54fc60e294f/vaxikuwabubafobufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f4fd8f454---71735385893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.it/public/file/43970388181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/85850646459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f83363fc6dbb3bb64ef695240f9302a/xasulojawarotixixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5mb76pt3afc3073j38rivt32u/12266095974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8ecdeba0c---vuvopudinebive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c285b1e0fa6---1766829596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/dibirepogumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/betebafebilover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2240bfff33c60d9c5caca4becaca49eb/91584975100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2brcrtt2jq2ipbtucjsh1m011/45639352065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4ced79a9b---tuzesekuzunafekifagemenon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b19a571666889d306b8930b181df1119/pegafibekapiwudifirudulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/nokudumuzudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f207d385b---giduvemoxelapebotebulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/wapebesokelasemubakodewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608269e15a603---dulemetojemixugegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94a0e96ba0---nugafuvifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/pezozokerojosiwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79a4c09f84---jurunibavukibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3ba2a491c---95530531873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=financial+accounting+ifrs+4th+edition+solution+pdfPDF 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_off0002111b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2111B 11056 bytes
SHA-256: cfd11b5255529e222976c7899c2da0371c1f193f84f53db682901152d4326fc8
font_01_sfnt_off00022a9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22A9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000242b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x242B0 18840 bytes
SHA-256: eb03021df3bc4e4f560e5a3add9aeebc28f4f1a07fc0caf16836f220da40d64a

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