Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc1b5b18273dfeed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:27:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d36207468c185689921713b3fe065a91 SHA-1: eecbaa5bb4699d45df5ff5dafb595d77a4339061 SHA-256: bc1b5b18273dfeeda5ef503ba6c3a177e519af600e4d06f3e6423d8e12891222
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised or disposable domains, likely to download further malicious payloads. The presence of external URIs and the 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic suggest a lure-based attack pattern designed to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+sixth+commandment+in+the+bible PDF link annotation
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/gajuwinigapopikukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a3688db4c---12389739561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/90225817868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096614995df0---3946740700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l273sngjlg1i5sraptrk51gpp5/kufidipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcmcpropertyblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5babf11595c38fa5bd12191f47e50f/xamuselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/davowubovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607230c8e7483---53357808062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37973a81f327d9038d3cc053cbabd20b/jegudifajogugedixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49752f1c6d---ragifezewipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abead121816---pujusoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607006860ad1c---biwifefimarexeguxiruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e72hlttp9iei45c30b9m5h7vh2/nuvetekaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1623151587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b481b806d05---18493503569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad44510eb6b897ef7c34c8c0cf4b7db/63655336688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hhs6fuc2k51jj1qfl93qlf29c/dimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/50529574035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/40198535918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/xepogimefumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba20bae2c2f54af06066b489d1783e4/45070783058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737cde304dc---kiwimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monocroma.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1bc733419b648edf512b5646355e799/lemaragarasofenevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9b1ba7e25---63980539098.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_off0000ff22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF22 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 4347ac24e2d2ae029b17da35d14cc6a1e0bf5df40d23ad7b02c8f5b91782cbb5
font_01_sfnt_off000117c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C0 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 5c76d1f7dfb293de3544ca5bd0ade40f710f42f5f0d3824d98c52df36707aef3
font_02_sfnt_off00014342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14342 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1