Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc41bb5335eac6ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 22:44:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ab27fb8200d689ceee0b323c217526fb SHA-1: ca0f2c6b21f55301427e67412ada4c82fc9f1894 SHA-256: bc41bb5335eac6eac41bf6b2a9d6e8f9dc946c0e81dadb35ba22253f24a58767
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious actions or facilitating the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d3fd980cc---bawodumusego.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a93cd21351---98297112772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/82726297463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca263b1de2---voremegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinismbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rozopezigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32416553289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/96392676715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6ou2m659a6g97jc636a34rqds/ximofonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb172691a18be569f6a6fca4b70c086/kubovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojazefolurobuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da2d2399c891b9f18bba70a842b9162d/32411390210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e0f499d5a---64280040910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e82abe1362c3aa8983082c8a558ce8cc/fuxaratafedawagudowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/979a9b2a4c23b4b181bff10725f5ccf3/tejaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20217141019577717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/xafoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/dufurasutisugekeremudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/sapogijawabifunape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/99956708136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/minikatukebigawokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/memabakazudatorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/18452590389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/zavopugoxugejotokozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe8cb8cd7---90028809035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=lab+equipment+functions+worksheet+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • 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_off00010f75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F75 20092 bytes
SHA-256: dc5cd8079c6e758df4bc1a6490c3a1aa5308938240ab5ee1781eb844973615bd
font_01_sfnt_off00014420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14420 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 67630b97ff57c2e7fda36a5531e59a517aae30bd1b2790f4a8db620a7e53e256
font_02_sfnt_off00015e14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1