Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc578b21b4891378…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a1ea913a0ec891176bc930f0bb69a910 SHA-1: 8a51abad574bd85cc0622c79de69aa6e7d0ca3f1 SHA-256: bc578b21b48913786ccb9bcf6726536104169cd059ec1c8835c965c86b20c83d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to deceive users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=perspectives+of+psychology+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50291163285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/74495095082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783bb78795b---tidunomugusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35402270521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0595b6659---jipadonapetodorosiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860cbf43e26---88602726273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/3670611346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deeringbayrealestate.com/userfiles/files/vusanujawelular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/surivewigakisajojoxidowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161217981ee426---logibitutekokiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210701_001738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/tevosarugudevevofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/88157131695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt16k6lgj2ira1kk0bhtvojcpo/37335619957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/20182186865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4320d056cdbec4d1688c8eef0ee26b4a/13844761283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a299a047660---60577284296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/nowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b4611e5f1674a92161da72ccb4846ed/lozunufotixovonikebadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/mubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7977db242f3d34abf51a3aec49881f8/kipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vestmorecapital.com/images/epost/gukebajatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/91242615941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/wuruzemizosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b727070d4b0---92950908642.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000125d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D9 10852 bytes
SHA-256: d7f76450213b1369133cbb05aa3c3f735d6fe4343c307fa34684f124bdb96dde
font_01_sfnt_off00013f28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F28 18092 bytes
SHA-256: e0a3addfcacf92cf26d27d26623f3c10047197ed4132415780590daa8c302efa
font_02_sfnt_off00016ea4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16EA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1