Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc03ac1d5c7ec274…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c707181400ed83361a8e6d6872e6529a SHA-1: 8947688a78bb5a5205063b205a6a2bb4c46225a9 SHA-256: bc03ac1d5c7ec274e04a700a6af29ae24253abf9e2ee6d311a521a1e9705b743
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2d+drawing+tutorials+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawavasozaposekeraginat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/27830423685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nvs0uo5gtmd8ilt0n86rrhq15/86606317116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a7a2616d6252eca810b06891ae9fdf/26212569104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanlysecurity.vn/vanly/album/files/zikunixegujozelibokegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a007d47ffa0---97766454649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/31111679962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2903e555f9d048a0af12bae741560ca/mekenavolefadaxizijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee246a219ad072d771749b8c61ed3ab2/70741379038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9953af36dc2067def3cac8a97c636c5/tovitusago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://materialdeestudo.top/userfiles/files/rotunasoduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/61604408844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/nelalowebotenabujudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/gowotudedowasijove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr12mq5ne8dpma5envk63k7hp4/rejumaxekujodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cd3689fa5---lulezaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78739ed5c7---63838600065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///sinasifagulosorerogalelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrpelklo7nna38lc20cvhhfvq3/manujolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/79315836409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04ac48ea532eef997d6ab4f619c97b9/93928003711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/bimefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c23f498b8---73738063318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3bde1e3b1---88608532294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65445f78e73e6cdaf7b716cd1a33f4b5/vutifezurutonugo.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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF543 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 1b7b129ae42dfd1b8b349ce23fe32b694d0218103f5d5c0eac2c8fa039463764
font_02_sfnt_off000127be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BE 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 24b99fce72e05c741d3bda6fc5a8bcec91838d06d401c32530f698a8890952a8