Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc00558d659b4375…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:06:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d690b235def55bff8ff3fec3d0334e59 SHA-1: d02ef61747e7bb2304fa124d4396ed38f48dd274 SHA-256: bc00558d659b4375d23bb2be144bfc3aa35ae22c3f3ee36c5e55c19ddac35e49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of numerous PDF files linked from these sites suggests a campaign to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/24514364249.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/32656852630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/duvolunedusowagamofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/11476745878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9205fe3cade960efb25bfc90c4320c96/fefijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a38ea46a2---92233223569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cba9d489b8---zavejabanixiliteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba3f96d4bc---48417915711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/95279108913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/xewuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/3095668370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b51d5c64d---47638010552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca761252fe7b42219422558090f1808/wujegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc7503cb84cd86fc73139cb9e0808400/jesegafibimawipelorebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de4a1d9b54---26087189705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0a7877b218977f7e659476ddb1e3eb/xumuzekokexixebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e5a5497ad45d15ee516c277ab54016/gozarunagifezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/16032049569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dc0c96903---pujezasamazinog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chsjackets75.com/clients/a/ae/ae1e0d6431e3080ad3d3eb1024a27f31/File/80113677033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=harmony+day+poster+competitionPDF 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_off0000ce76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e68d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 9291343f02045d400eea54c08b3adaa1b4d2ba74d94549853be75239bf2da966
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF31 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 54ab2b9f2c27765a10b4c3564ad7613cfe7b4d613b1eac4ad9b7a77c6c9401fa