Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf5fcadd021d87a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:47:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f1c5636be38deac1ca54a23d604fdc49 SHA-1: aad67b2c6a1c3f33a751727627d1c19e3358aab1 SHA-256: bf5fcadd021d87a3a9fcf29753c7f38ac73acc384b6fff296547397b52de6af3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9889

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 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 http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961f8e8f5a5---vesozoruvonavudaluk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://areopag.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/96941849333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/bidiviwifurumomuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/48839680235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/72886618154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d453537b06---26991383162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef36cb4dde0ee5b1ae77ca08013b23d/xafesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/wumijubufige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/88881706036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/55789426076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/28850779219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/573ndp5b7r982670lr49h5ht2r/79584770745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b41c9133fe6a7ddaa674fb88d5f78a7/sixifaxewupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovemyskindayspa.com/clients/d/d9/d99ed7cf7cbac978b7326c22a81d1608/File/62519166613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/zusanogutudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5bcbf6ec27b9d480b6b479e2872ab8f/22789079892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/fikurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunghungplastic.com/luutru/files/93149131833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859e5dd00bb---34554042047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609062703ebd6---xoduruvaweteniterenebenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ed61b27cf---vesuxajegoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/sebugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/kowukavakozini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2351a6f6a15ae22cdc33af001c5d4211/nazuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f67a81f910---tomimujizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15420760507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=wayward+one+lorelie+brown+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_off00015451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15451 18228 bytes
SHA-256: 9158a9aa9f175fa011102847c443cfb309072202f30b71c7e57568d864a8cf9d
font_01_sfnt_off0001841b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1841B 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 84f38af0218c0d39db4e03a71f4625a8eba8576b9aed85a53c7d41fd0fa4caa6
font_02_sfnt_off00019c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.