Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfa109e557f1cb0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 13:10:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f000dbae07fc264c373f417b68a386b2 SHA-1: 3a1ef661b87becb6f320a70d27b58f6bfcd53b39 SHA-256: bfa109e557f1cb0b9a737c36f3ef2d01ee31d46ece1d8a1d01d14d1e4b9e5cd9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload delivery mechanism. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to potential exploitation or further payload execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=excel+visual+basic PDF link annotation
    • http://vipnovini.bg/root/f/uploads/files/18725083791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463a59354e---55992970333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/xatakazesibasolugegitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a335e7bcdc2---198612631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2afe0f8324b7354cee3616132aee6e3/12222409950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf11127f803---dajapiwagimarafurepazilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/35582232881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbq61m3fidqpso1io9nno4mg9n/48709078485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/tofejefatumizikawuvuxotub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/51477407841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40c8ba1d05---25429441313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7b2c68cb4---nolimawoledisawugegibozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/25433473744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e28ffffef80b282164c9c2416ea831/mujitiwibajetiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815dfa5ea56---19059772734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90879336777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302902f44a07f53089468d47cd7492ba/34280622547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9603ae68f4da1d53eeff8f4a6696746/laxorokinibugobego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa896737b5f---56792270626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ebca6a94f29bff63e0af0d3a1db3b2b/ragoselarume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctkupavna.ru/upload/file/dobamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/zapewapibavadoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42946120395.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_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11177 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 12ff55a16d8a70f83f7557eae07a61c84fc6584e354482c39ee6669184257252
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD5 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 7062f4851d4bf5bb3141e7fd506695da9922ba808a69fedabd9866805040f1a9