Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbcc432c4aa2faf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:58:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0a16edfd9709e3ada8b0f92764f2dc3 SHA-1: 1de4fa2393e7a17d7e8cd0e24fe83539ed7a7fcd SHA-256: bbcc432c4aa2faf76569a3688bb2994981a5027450e431373da46bcb552c19ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the rationale is based on the URL analysis and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 http://aqcons.vn/upload/files/sarivelafin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ed8bda952f42eabc24d8b6ef132161e/xibuxemaketuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/10367597073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210523162152178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/norawewodisefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cb783ba7d---jodugidopowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2b5vqp53dn68p8fpnh08vs1ct/27045171436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b210be3c14---josedalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ab3449c9a---rijemovarinimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05f1b103ea41b1d99cac2168d6f51f8/94121063112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/xomulazapepefidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/76154422891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/fopujibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca507c6c95---26625108878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/bekotofalexupobujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app0.linkeo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82911134431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c278c4c15b---bijekuberipewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64102530170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/24656556349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/94109344842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=outsmart+your+cancer+pdfPDF 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_off0000cf69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF69 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 547b41f5061d5b7f5f5d3c0433499fe005de3e17e75c5bf791d71cb54788a32c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A2 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 4ef0458925dc909064ed9c46faad530eabef1a9de901b3fa552c2669048d730a
font_02_sfnt_off000116a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1