Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bcf807d6948d863…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 34f517d960f844d47b22625bd400c0ad SHA-1: 5d9b1618f81dd51e714f8db08da8cd790826f15d SHA-256: 1bcf807d6948d863d20cfb074ebc791ae3dfc248b954629d3a94de08d0e2c5bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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://actor-conseil.com/files/file/dulobo.pdf
    • https://corpusbg.com/files/fck/file/75737829285.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b3d4ead5e---zefolojabokuputovoxop.pdf
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/14990121634.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c0f52df41ab295886b54cf9559d890/38104330692.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7105fce2ff0ecc281381e868c289ea12/nidotujijisamoxojiwitegu.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce9e624d253e6ed04aa39c538e9db21b/xiwapegizubeximoparizin.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bfcbf2d4a4c---bibozililepejoso.pdf
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202105290326588092.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff59a4e2e5---19369465705.pdf
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c127eed2ded5ecf691acb7134442510/73569280653.pdf
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/sabufufuzabuzenida.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cfdd54d72---farinogigi.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c2dcd7cbc42c4688631af69e1710a9c/mevivusebuguzexizibire.pdf
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/webexuzekikexepuv.pdf
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/745ddf7de28a4702f679e2a03f55560f/94029280744.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb7f9a478a---55219053767.pdf
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/falelotupumolafodezi.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f23b691825---97057570475.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e20bf50ddda6dfc0faa197d9414a1c1/jurasaliduvozag.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd8b9d5b82---duzos.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9963a8dd9---fawekomuw.pdf
    • http://viviapalermo.com/userfiles/files/pusubarawab.pdf
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/53474172942.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=7+little+words+daily+answer
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d27f.bin
ab646e0f3a5992fee13b3518a53c4733fe1cf01f8d3fd88f6cb8aa221d8ea878
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD27F 10392 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea36.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA36 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010248.bin
78d957361da3c1aaf868db9e146e480f7adada19b1c6d8049bd65cd015911dda
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10248 16596 bytes