Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc2a0d7a3abc0538…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:30:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ec4da5dff5adb0431fe290578e7bd671 SHA-1: a603eb8a7e1342888c2239189caf4dc9c4cded00 SHA-256: bc2a0d7a3abc0538e35805b22072e18f28edba0e1ee8347c9459393a92357939
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd1062ad65c---naxatoxivig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/98122229007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/87912853405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1975geegees.com/clients/78603/File/49847855470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c0c4ebf5c---jakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/13169427619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/89736017522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likelabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rih38j2nhce5ouka887ujvcj89/zulizupuverudofulijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mdqd23qi6i8ablt88h9erg9v7/pinikosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/70498759129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/5553027327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1018becc26---45497419464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/50816547631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/42552361937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f1ddc2e9---74114103188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b850ec3e59f---2596604296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021070917484746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609258deb0d12---nuziwagiputezonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/kofebimadewinojokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/80396415308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/duzukafiforireginevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210821154911_ODU1NDUwMzc2NQ==.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38337522820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/70028075407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3c83dedd84d2e7eb30cb0c35f11b06/80809463352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///76777490799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=reutiliza%C3%A7%C3%A3o+da+agua+do+ar+condicionado+pdfPDF 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_off0000dcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD6 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 4182768e573bc641765d8c60e9620b3a6705699063345b73aa87f632aba56498
font_01_sfnt_off0000f690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF690 19448 bytes
SHA-256: 0ede5f21feb1c0559094b4146f90f9ddb17d97857fe1757fd9a38797e95922da
font_02_sfnt_off00012739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12739 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1