Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc129aecf406adb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-27 14:58:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 26ca903f9a80c1aae91af5f38cf889f9 SHA-1: 6da500ba905a8ccb847993159c0d732fcb8d66fe SHA-256: bc129aecf406adb682c9a293ef98356e1540b93c040cee29cb09213952f42b8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a large number of links, likely to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/fivolakajovevaradeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47870498267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/xisopiroxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigilanciaweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/delugotivexofawedadaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/37540476025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sangolongphuong.vn/longphuong/news/files/17119023113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/bizowugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/pigudawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkbroadwin.com/userfiles/83016378428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/febudosiridikugerunixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/repopezotobixuxoson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021916_12489_423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145726bc0f4d---nupuvuvekutuluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anoregmt.org.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gowisuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/dotepumexofabuzotapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saktigroup.in/uploads/25338598681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150e3e70a7cb---87524800295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efb936aba73d8d4cb0cac2a7cbb55519/23840808943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36689867179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmedebiyatgunleri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56940002871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venkateshservices.com/uploads/sagivuzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c796d62bcf---67780431636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/razojijufabidusato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/87704173630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/file/71812785532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=electron+filling+chartPDF 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_off0000afb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7CA 10428 bytes
SHA-256: bdbffc1130cc31672f2f1b7f13bc5f5c7db4a63b3f6abd523de9182fec37495e
font_02_sfnt_off0000df4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4F 15112 bytes
SHA-256: d97cc87ab1096f366b29bca5167a199e167ba2afb81bd1454378e7e16edc76a8