Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf826ea6b53cef20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 13:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7e30601a0f388e779b78432a3a98dd8f SHA-1: d437e7cccbb98c36b843061b56a7ce025d9030df SHA-256: bf826ea6b53cef20482173f776b10b5083eb51194d6c7c491711ece060da88c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or spam campaign designed to lure users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=discipling+in+the+bible PDF link annotation
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/jobuzojusarupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovemyskindayspa.com/clients/d/d9/d99ed7cf7cbac978b7326c22a81d1608/File/47320954561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783bb894436---37682041018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/kuwevusiwadiwumofotanakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/welozubutugedomufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/21980231313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c2fed8a0f5838a1b52b0048ee8d0ce1/47374270063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b92cedb3df5ac7bd0f90058894a5fa3/49231247903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b63061e80---wiludovowuximalotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leton.pl/userfiles/file/zetavugiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/wulawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8494c6483158fd7b9fa846d4d548d710/tuleditegapomulisogitazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdb323033d---daxuvimenakudokelija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118f2a5949ac7b104bfbde37008f9760/lefironixudalerumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/37090895008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9e8e5d4fe---40385672955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradleyhillsapartments.com/demo/uploads/contents/file/lorisurefutaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrewclaymonfishing.com/clients/a/a7/a7b0d980ee28df7184f998a87a00dbd5/File/kesupomodepiletosesetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/sutodomutofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f5ebdbafe---tiwixepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/nukiwimape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781a5893905---xagubuvuboxolij.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_off0000da1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA1C 17756 bytes
SHA-256: dc74527781070370c1d3bec4b9fadd55fbe30e3d842f1cde7c26354d424d5c48
font_01_sfnt_off000107a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A6 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 8195081da3caaccda6abcc5f8aae2dbe35b111c1e5ce4bf087bdc4cb572bf018
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1