Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc080ccd18c5f956…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6499f244ef3829533cc45076458b6f1c SHA-1: 63924631cf4100781f8f62c088f97ef3ad161f72 SHA-256: bc080ccd18c5f956485138c32f00ce6454eec0f78e911be9fc8eca8374e04bcc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67969511498.pdf
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginevadoxudoleketejepe.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360ec78be86---22878926102.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lafisovevuwurimogija.pdf
    • http://flyingkirin.com/uploadfiles/file/110852332633.pdf
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/jutidesusit.pdf
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/24344867072.pdf
    • https://grandegroup.net/files/19034314206.pdf
    • http://les-dvorik.ru/userfiles/file/nafalesiwetodakife.pdf
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14287904935.pdf
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/pufofekalovavojevit.pdf
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/78072949333.pdf
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52475246349.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384624bcfb0---47324222707.pdf
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/53486787433.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a75a28b98---jororigoginapewolep.pdf
    • http://jn-zhsc.com/upload/9405584194.pdf
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/xakivajasogijipenigira.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141177fa50c1---wavilezuxivibanaduranedav.pdf
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/sefumawelepu.pdf
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/nizino.pdf
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/55815684697.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=add+app+on+play+store
    • 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_off0000df88.bin
cece6e6f532c458fd31a03302241e8781821357fa522ccf281372a1cee40d512
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF88 17956 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e07.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E07 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001261e.bin
b1da14d7881825a7f0374e37244d894fa920dd0716ec99f2fb3d1d718da3a177
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261E 10388 bytes