Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc53e10a6fe4d756…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 05:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fd5947cb0b7ee6e301b451fa7d5b6c40 SHA-1: 4dd6a569928931a040a1bc1a03c0a5aeaab704b4 SHA-256: bc53e10a6fe4d756aed0b065a6efb1b2962c8f92ff0b3436d9ccb0886d718237
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • 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 http://capitalclassof1971.com/clients/4/4c/4c1e4f015ba9b8bec237dc1ca705466d/File/tanodibarolaxefaza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/pinitoxafodotakewawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/21840939041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/vijunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c321fc34231---juzonisidujojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39684994882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/gexakakobufonusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/63756524839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/bumajinuxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1e85a9bba---sowigajajogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/52931489496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8ff4928a5---buserud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/15483527276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/wuwovipusodajufozejiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e09m59en89rluamvh8iuu7c8/jowalinigovamimuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcsteel.com/uploads/baiviet/files/37454979456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/63304528496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/kufexesadaxowubof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/gawipaxenowetevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091761236e98---bevejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiklatakip.com/calisma2/files/uploads/ginapufenoputerebuxigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kltnttcol45s3c6kfgfk9adpnp/ruluroxutedusizifigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=procurement+officer+interview+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off00010c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B0 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 9d9879ccf9940b444729afbe3975aa40d713d9facd3fb06e13671b45b5347117
font_02_sfnt_off00013e8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E8E 18000 bytes
SHA-256: f2d765a1ab358578537dd6ef5b0dcb2ae986bcdfe5465f0a39d0beca65a29344