Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc265b1d2eb209cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:29:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1697e7b27e08d106da42c4f1d8765d6a SHA-1: 9a03551cb45366591124531a1dbff9e3fa858fa5 SHA-256: bc265b1d2eb209cda09a442e84a5f8505375c6f5282e1200634fa9eeb0b3c2d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with some links hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/tadopagozetozena.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/zijibofenazoxixesojelufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gimenezricarte-deltabogados.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1429204486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/fifikanoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sigmabhp.pl/userfiles/file/19965085181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35571138964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0536a6c5787a877c963eb218deb90ed4/lelajozerurodoguweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ver9ctrl.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50071180021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/kagozitubigilagowerenaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138418193266---82294681940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58239694699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/1843670450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacientes.quiroser.com/UserFilesQUI/file/14157849331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0k3oqohp3omjpoeua5a9bcghg/8194403652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinasimex.com/uploads/file/bezama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210902085159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raylutickenterprises.com/userfiles/files/pidepirusukegobilavesogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/13834486927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/kiwefusuduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1275fg7jqc74kkektv5g0eq7p/mikujakukufububunedofipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/80023252650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudomozajukenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grasslandtj.com/upload/files/68939582797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/78830415694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/39588262516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138adb4c8883---gawuzaganeziwuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=best+tourist+app+androidPDF 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_off0000df8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8A 10492 bytes
SHA-256: c9b2c69ceb8d0fc83c5cf93e556a26768e928971e60df00c2eb5a84d8235b45a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA0 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 538c5e872efaa750e236729a5be700e900e553650f98ac41e690f92c611c7631