Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc3257df499d66f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: b873af572ccb09b9cbe78504dd0bfdbd SHA-1: 1bbf03d2d2d880f50381b20288c319f67cb25dcd SHA-256: bc3257df499d66f04586262a115d7a0ea536bd2c607a0b73c74a319954a46a3d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8462

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/41212405834.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/zapamobekimajafododusute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e13eb95c671---fasejesulutifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed71db49e7f---jukezamup.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/xinaforawuzuroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/moduwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/wujexazepovugezeguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldobini.it/userfiles/files/gigimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098be5066ba2---54506720140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71020415428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74113152539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/34824770111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiuman-hk.com/images/file/23157277765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/47807383336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forumuwiresik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betamarin.com/images/media/files/gukubikusisoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/padumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/383ecdb0873acd9cae04333d2747005e/27976190145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/59834290783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/15913143875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64230e77295724979a87eac89f18c7a0/55182755913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/wosixafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/97067364067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+write+a+voluntary+demotion+letterPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e40d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40D 16524 bytes
SHA-256: e7cc963187a0498b5a45980c1391571b0c362ecb3f4ea9515e2213c944f18fe9
font_01_sfnt_off00010ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED6 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 02ff8228e18070e7d75c88e85317c576c99e390b11ca398893d106a1a21b89a7
font_02_sfnt_off00012700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12700 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1