Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfae0056f6c52a05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:44:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fd017a2efe37e4e9b950f55f00bb05c1 SHA-1: 8d5ac2459317414ea41e97ad31b28c401c06d9ce SHA-256: bfae0056f6c52a05b842b62436943a991010b3e75949e95d30c3d3a83604c638
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads indicates a likely attempt to obscure the true destination or host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 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://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5ff0afcb2---4591277912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983f52b93fc4468a70e5940751527f5a/14924346411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/subenopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dde1177af98307ee1f041c6abb42eb4/34490346772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arredamentigiacobbe.it/file/dipavesovapusobogebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202172105254443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4184f62356---tofefedafozanemupulogina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6550c5b7c---vigiwikojarufivazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/50114023410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c79918985f644adbfebf2bdc3f5c88/70754820818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adaf1b8ea7---60991703858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkettes.org/clients/b/b3/b30d687fb0e6fb0c44210170e51784d9/File/pitaneworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608707e9d145e---29715201481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/repalujajokavulokupomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0ab9994c2---19320496100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/tajelaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dedcc169857---fenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/gadiratedodetiwomejenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/nerixokosejojemosunuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euh1qk32ghr1ii0gb6ps592tl7/vuteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e38bb9e15b---26820219113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d28e4dc12d62ff629443d33fe6bb366/pukewasokaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/61537011029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=one+of+the+possible+causes+of+obesity+could+bePDF 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_off0000f26f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26F 16932 bytes
SHA-256: cd82d7c92859afae79775c4dd03c868be9cd0c675d5a009fdde74eeef00e0b1f
font_01_sfnt_off00011e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AD 10996 bytes
SHA-256: ee0caee06352ebf144bfd023a05eb392f0a3efe1dcea1e2f8e1aeda45b2feef0