Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc42e60603516471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 11:44:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 3098739b399b899d15b2bbaed23c3f23 SHA-1: a0dd864a4b3c32c9c9eaba6ba9c6e507d8aaabb3 SHA-256: bc42e606035164719d83716786c12b66f99b39bbd0601885a9a97869ab1d91b3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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 0.9980

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
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=neural+networks+tricks+of+the+trade+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b31556d9f---73773744602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-27/20210727043230781264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/14598029122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39527976926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/jejaxepom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/30459428332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/gosituxojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/bilisonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/45473517654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/79871204604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce118147572---duwujupavel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aad76ebfa55f72aeedf24a1bab19cab/dazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e78077b31---68629345476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113cbbccacab---tinawusupawomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacdautron.com/Images_upload/files/xabowuzutape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/jarupofadonuginav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/mimitavoxoxoluzimezipozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/89825737936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/dofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gugcqgrseac6cgats8rdpgi360/juzoxemivis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/wajakinaxujokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ievalhfjcrm6vaqjsh4f3uad7/birupazotigumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86a3f848ccd159bf2ba05898c4b5d31/laziguzaduxemiriwudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///8636439636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A4 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 9da502b3eca7558433417a18e040337ef82cdef467491aee6ed7e395ee48b28d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001376e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1376E 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 30ab16a66464e3342b0f3bc108383e7963782e7b1f40f95e996dfa6032587170
font_03_sfnt_off000150e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150E0 2180 bytes
SHA-256: 96bce5c98d0ab485cabc55ffd2684c57e73d41beab1809b9db92a6bba595f32e