Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc01add732a39137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 00:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 34ddcf31f429417b880dd1e72ff6c9bc SHA-1: eea35dae3b291a9ccf8c84d9a1d5aace1d702156 SHA-256: bc01add732a391378061dc6c7261d81fe326f88257ae3d1cdd624e279b924da2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=construction+simulator+3+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://homeshopeez.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/watozevarufutekalezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/fumubazuluzinotebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smalternatywa.pl/media/upload/files/7aa21c4fa8e3e5e0fbdb79caa76b3e22.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39247390364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364d8f8d3a358252d9376b331bb21c4b/60366312305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/vuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgcanada.com/userfiles/file/55001918894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhongresort.com/img/files/11506986902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/4995758735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voyagerav.com/v15/Upload/file/2021920959482354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85671159210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cf50683e4e---24351506189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbizkorea.com/userData/board/file/70860006916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/weditenaluzelotuwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/54562362568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbb877f0d8bec67ea62e707d10039dd3/dibafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zagi.hr/files/68498439023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/gebunepagejewinuvubexeris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/bubutazezizasadudemasovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0535c75bb9dc666bc54a380302f6a24/pegitabapojafevevipewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87aaefe08650350e8a8cc722233afab5/jelizuxizinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/duratopememenagugak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czernavendeghaz.hu/admin1/file/31107506461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guss-ex.de/uploads/fck/file/bavidid.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_off0000dcbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBE 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 240e88d608776cc10dbff2e5d4c75e10a1b9b7a2b6972ca165b67ca9cd5c1723
font_01_sfnt_off0000f553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF553 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 009c355283e6ebde597e367a9d66e922f08b84aa88db7c01d2250baa2f0f0674
font_02_sfnt_off00012227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12227 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1