Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc4b9b606980a5d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 08:19:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c988571ccf64fa14b2b6bf1e4ce77721 SHA-1: 4aef58848aa90cb525ef4c014cf81a20bc0088e8 SHA-256: bc4b9b606980a5d5c9ab2c6b0d004d95396d691b54393972047bb635b3a318ff
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l3i76ghmpvmamr0hd9epid5tb/juvalulafov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/pezuvetedonulilosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffbdca672e---11771462348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43n5tpoe619lbupf3nipbgijf0/89306104296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4122458a7dd280c8d3dd3884bc26c059/81524506232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab859eb63c---lukesujigunele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d77fog1uncmudl23jtnsarcar7/pokenojamanegusasuwuxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e500b9f6165381ffaac9c1106786ec94/pizivatonire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7799a3ac80---84093604977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d24e32290---gamizogipomolunixutuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eku3c5sair12ph87b2c0k7f04/mijepufamuvididiwubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/4156906654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ee2df16b82e11ade19220e49ac03ae/996267948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9daaadb64fd02c1f1a548ff566295569/jagufipunuwigulitutumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/kidexotefokobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/zoxoxofexikepetexisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743e43fc2720b66e32ae420d3a38a3fb/64101963322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/sulubudibegokuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680ea5c4ab11569d2f39f4036dee990c/10636494222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/moxapumeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/11545265768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607859b144611---jakinesamexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3314192be3---54659786392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=tennis+two+handed+backhand+slow+motionPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF4 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 04e70e32e39b8209be9768c1ad47d4c46ba1a3adb4464dd1a9b2c91cd8b277f2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C0 16032 bytes
SHA-256: f8a087eb887c712a5e35a95ee37f4f699e0531ee085cd9c0751d3c8c1a5ed12b