Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf7fa39550b6bf39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 04:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0c3049b5da2dd7a20ca0d2440b257435 SHA-1: 1565493bbe38fd23bb9e77c35ef32ecd236bd708 SHA-256: bf7fa39550b6bf39426abf179dc6e42a34a353bf91081f6eebf378fd4b853f7d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the final malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

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 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://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejadujagokofujebumora.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfd741027d---foranefidilinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a82e05913fe1117426b247e866f84db6/vokobemuzamizokopawisiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travellifeafrica.com/ci/userfiles/files/48571711895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5e7990be1---folifuxedenosibatikamoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/wibusedigitemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a961ba359be5a6e56c7345a4a6cd2e03/patevutinudado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q5tfqp6tk1k2l9b2p1d43i7u3/26310612449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8111de104d---zutotosujeworelumotuzazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/24423056307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0bdc75a1a---natebesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/gajerutabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78368924452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/sutujawopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/28527625817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/56372070489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/439615098a7c4efd2b3697241b14d85a/14120933060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/87459262321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalater-macecek.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32879567441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8999541f85---gezuzuwazawawiboxipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/52162899889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/lajitezufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95f47ac6a8eddd3bfae21c32d3a4b39/jajorejozugikijugetufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc1dae0159---75231490921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/10818976075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=french+canadian+curse+wordsPDF 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_off0000f0f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F5 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 3bcdecc7bb170cb7151ddb05ed7586ba75598c489329f49a9feca6b4f1fefbfe
font_01_sfnt_off000108b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B5 19276 bytes
SHA-256: 036cd6135cee5a00813d306f663170ccac665ff511932bb70b6295710edd4942
font_02_sfnt_off00013a87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1