Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc0b1841b66b6e05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9a62911519c77d4f4f057c7227965d12 SHA-1: f854da673931d36617c61a07a68cd61aad12a9d3 SHA-256: bc0b1841b66b6e057c1d0b6e2830dcbfeb0c522e450d63ac58a29756bdcdb21b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document functions as a link farm, likely to manipulate search engine rankings or host malicious content. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed, is a common method for executing malicious actions within PDFs, such as redirecting users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yellow+discharge+after+period PDF link annotation
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607843ac5fdb0---69878058923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snp-ent.com/files/fckeditor/file/8689397956111852a1825f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5859515793ba9343f02d8a045f533849/janagavoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17652442592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772765138a4---59332037965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20109377545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8651bab92282ee94f09fb4ced33c4289/gamovurogowaguluwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19415399092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d81cd16ab6c081110892cda1d761ce9/14815598404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6c6261a94---lagagixizoxubanarevuseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/rodoxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/42495436888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983a3bfabad49c4af35c195a392201cf/wekagezuzewifogepidukoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c138720c---91228384691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasikodetujota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/89354716932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/disoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb713b0349---47861831210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75810382021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/gixoxijidikitotekudilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipoz.pl/userfiles/file/62934299312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/nufubujinetefajaguvibelu.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_off0000be6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE6D 10864 bytes
SHA-256: f79635a32a72d994e786e281a0e6ffb2cbd0cc6e862b69a04ecafe19dd82ad20
font_01_sfnt_off0000d77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77E 17164 bytes
SHA-256: c4112762abb8ca5ee1a8bb2cf08b924a370168dc8255b4be3e4de789df931db4
font_02_sfnt_off000103ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1