Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bcdca161967779b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:11:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 02324b5ee9773cd406155daf045fbc5f SHA-1: 42c309831fa6fcef5ec3073d00f78be70b205461 SHA-256: 0bcdca161967779b8cd8ac58865170ff350a10e61a76bd73c3de93c57c2052fa
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, with several heuristics indicating a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly executed in this static analysis, is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://konchris.com/userfiles/file/1631821979.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404050a2808---tetunine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75218864829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/66519902804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84078947649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210907/file/16309471175775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/60643551372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/nebesiboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/94062665228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechcommunications.com/userfiles/file/63203345765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54cb32903d1db3ead3b362353654368a/975010352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajirapurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/93763076040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/jotalalubesikivuximala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/13351359787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sskundal.com/userfiles/file/nazoxuvoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/59059450466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58249702229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/rapikuvukesati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexedesaromix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8101ff99858f7e9718cd94826b929818/mituka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/zexatizikixepowijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/81538746906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/lerobopabalepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad2e38f016---61654072787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=owncloud+android+app+freePDF 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_off0000bc86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC86 10560 bytes
SHA-256: a1eb25992dc3aab5d18ee18d9c62bef4b53fb931793a0de7fea04a29c6aa59fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD4 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 0dd998b68ffccc0a87428334a8366bcfb28bd1c67fd97692c248a60f9fd54f8b