Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfdab317eb35809a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:33:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2e1c27363a5543364ff21d3f48786223 SHA-1: dc0ea225f4b3105ae085cff6f4fbfe1d13740a65 SHA-256: bfdab317eb35809a5dd938abab32c7f42f6104838f106832ce0eb84576de8b52
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting it's not intended for direct user interaction but rather to host malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ighoot+instagram+likes PDF link annotation
    • http://probeg2000.ru/files/userfiles/files/10853369197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3572217766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/91567012591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302fb1b5a0e---56242901322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ua1jju9dgg6r3ivp2llrtcd7u4/xotugotoninaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kooijobs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9406281618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/58381649111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpatswatertown.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45734762647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmmvn.net/userfiles/files/74900365150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befowiwudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/zesoborudusiwadamobide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aesg2edcv.handylover.com/upload/files/boxerepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamaopole.pl/userfiles/file/jofopevijaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc3b5ed8f9---45658313521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibafutakixanan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/todinovugabuganaxawafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/xamabujuwejivufufotumizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b8efc61bf290dd0c4b397249a4ed8b2/30550891641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/rivibunetifini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/lapajonirogidoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa704650e714dd29665376e845aecccb/83540207048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/24866876375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47741248370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/lurorafowukubububo.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_off0000d5d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D4 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 27744569520fee252ec3e2ffff34219c2d422d81025556865692eae50eddb312
font_01_sfnt_off0000edde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F0 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 99872ca04ad2cff9132d553e8364833cbd205e2d825c597a84fa8cccb119cf61

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