Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc1801b4ea6b52ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 22:14:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 560ab255f15d11a637b866c27ccecc4e SHA-1: f3d7f7ef245e1233fb46fd387245b2d923312b54 SHA-256: bc1801b4ea6b52acf61bb497f0217a6358d43774e35b3a470180c616ac262f1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the connection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=activities+for+print+awareness PDF link annotation
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/28394959753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30569416381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/45305988419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/xufogebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/lixumopikapofafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da1b91b6828d1b68e2a87297efa6c11b/1974668850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matraholding.hu/images/userfiles/files/90943473534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0648b90a8---49297511713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/37706186208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/bidasagopek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/91258185568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gniortho.com/files/Upload/file/69425989386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ/file/xulexinumijofuvuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambiance-cinema.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c07c315da845b99f9bcdf9af316bd4/29088209469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acta-mobilier.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metanelagoxojuwegivufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://es21sys.com/userfiles/file/mozadonefetedodisedixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/91310455519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/vubibotebakogeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/91578291130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/lozowadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/popuxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/tovotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvabiwukefagobevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/21725077657.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_off0000f2a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB9 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 158fbe086e5b74c659a864668d72904337e9d094f70ed742c21eebf57ab6a152
font_02_sfnt_off000137e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E4 10560 bytes
SHA-256: bd6bb9ffe51f90dbd9b264abcb7a1986d83646d6ab6fe76d9bbf991e4c2d2d94

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