Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc10690cd80745ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:15:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dce546742be0f06785c46a238728ded3 SHA-1: 59b73c10ce702726c4cfa478a6303e7ec23278de SHA-256: bc10690cd80745bafe49a0a15149dce2c223a50e6fa9713cba807fe0e835786c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to download or redirect to a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://vipnovini.bg/root/f/uploads/files/18106903641.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/69343883364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/lazotuwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevidizoseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/zajipuwizaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d446044097153bd1bef90e945b1e1d99/6925704429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c697b284c---mojewuledubalomoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangladeshceramicsociety.com/uploads/editor/files/tudifetotakerajezakezun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf11b6b7777b05eb89655ee7b470682/66939008389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f910978b25---winokomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/81926662128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/43874676561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordavril.com/userfiles/file/zawugazawokodobokawivalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agmapure.com/upload/files/godiredazofopemilolizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/43387466284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/vobetuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2846abbafc34098e9ec37992d4c6593/fugajofilojirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/65055544257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/97453908857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agierresrl.it/userfiles/files/jurimagufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9d92a3a44244032fff19a8d01a89164/7879527604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/panakipijerekatemugizudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/96034166472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/34535297161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=office+suite+pro+pdf+apk+crackedPDF 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_off0000b071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB071 10680 bytes
SHA-256: e2871fbcc6714a3064b933516d138bad742cf76d63c98a9338062795f37457c0
font_01_sfnt_off0000c926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC926 14816 bytes
SHA-256: 03c02cd40c4414332adc5edf004dc7365ac142ee016c9e16b0920bbc4422b278
font_02_sfnt_off0000eec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1