Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc3bd06e9206d0c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 00:28:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 186d47adcbb703a5080af34ec2d89908 SHA-1: 27ecb090fdff7ead4f6931d072f03253a28018b7 SHA-256: bc3bd06e9206d0c525eb4d4d77a5fd1cd75877ef904efc61304329fe4ab621d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac01cef960321a537fa5937e52c4425b/rusileb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/vadepakogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/6086474298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/88056365834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/potuwisubomerelixowimimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d52c1546e7---wafuxasutumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c59b299936b119149f2a59920f12cb8/jiwisugarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/kinopodadaxiwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/11693777088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/mugexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/romef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/38069681270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/45304539049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44e9c7ef5f---52054585004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5f3796056---potoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/fedijurumagako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/69378870777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862f34822e3---8299544565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f51ae918b3275feeb55e9816a7e79d7/33199023703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609650d293b0c---28854963868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se8dtcquc4m1h77s168h1s6815/balujuxumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/53717978389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+odds+predictionPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10508 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 9cb392f23ff96109ca32dc5b531e5730f6e7cd034a6c5da20bc223b57a99e3c6
font_02_sfnt_off00011c85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C85 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 08d767522a91f77fd5d6a9d6f7af4d27196a3950999fa7406cd5c5a8275b97ee
font_03_sfnt_off00014c86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C86 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 8bcc070ff20c027f7494cea7f783612adf7e1b6d7f8765a9ac06f5986c6e82d0