Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc401163c06f5e8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.9 KB Created: 2021-07-10 04:17:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f9278fb382f1f794c759ac3ded983e41 SHA-1: 3af3ab20794d687d8cde917c053eef65c7ab39d4 SHA-256: bc401163c06f5e8a841d88e3e4fc20a869dd54115a7d73404ea3090fe32e2c02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple URLs pointing to file upload vulnerabilities on various domains reinforces the phishing and potential exploitation vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bc72a0174---webufizoxobodakagakolos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/boxutumumixurivupasoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f855b766---rodofosekixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/35509317875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dec7c13ed13---13270421239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8648829c27---nuxibuvewivezalutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62f39b7d18c581a48f357d7d35f1200e/71319222310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/83239296522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833ca497583---xozewisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/016de1afa3dcd2034a452f0dbd914311/23151171679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6brcsa9ev5k0ofm48gfal134p/57007045431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e5a1bed5ecc40e371f689011315112/wozixadale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1966.com/clients/1/10/1054c114374c88b4a165e91103565d41/File/19037278160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beymersan.org/upload/files/87908579523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/tipuwokigodalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bbee701baeab7e245beba99e4f786a/53180054711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/lelilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/326f7f384881bb205adf90d5de9acdc0/16161646982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882e443fdd9---lelosixiwesujigomobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/bijusedozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321744addc---wugelebovefiduzeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/warelepowanaber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/dujasesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801ef70641b---18516449087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=passion+project+ideas+for+6th+gradersPDF 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_off000118b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130CD 11152 bytes
SHA-256: abea20c2da5a983afedcb53effc3a3040084b1eea8f3f66a7ced116e5f62af05
font_02_sfnt_off00014a98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A98 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_03_sfnt_off0001609f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1609F 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 9497a57667df766f89399a749e25e848c991d45da5d870ca33168e836fd971f8