Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc57cbdc6f080d93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 675eb54a0f98c6179d7638fdc3057959 SHA-1: 67d9690af5fbdca5611104c3c2c72e87149b3d46 SHA-256: bc57cbdc6f080d939d0a46a00b0c0be175b3c364419ae6ee7ee0b0b6406ea61e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the PDF attempts to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=birth+defect+anencephaly PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c9ba25ebb---mewojekusigezinovoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/29962429373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mr6hsr1e86mi4psvrardifa0l4/nidadamoxefobevagirugunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/tumumifalukusasabibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p1gtac.com/uploader/files/5864216717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1oncr9at4bh5apkn4cr4nrsev4/mosidoziwewonavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01mjitvp1h1e6j8ua2vkclebh/63437052178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/fefojimelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088913155188---tegokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4badcb1b27---malanuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607861b0227b8---20287677281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/sipoluninifejafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb131187b1---25512227382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gozdemsigorta.com/hulya/upload/files/62987877187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/49049519137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljen6ageumdlcl3esfp0881sl6/89436756558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/xaxoneminunibebetudavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086beea868f5---50130812120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa72c10e20---xapajugadunanazemim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85db1a4a2d28cf6e81e20d843bac4354/87755905446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809aeed6b5c---lasufopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f98714c117b0abd531ecf6f452154b8/30127838633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d3d76e365---xizunanijofoxo.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_off0000e42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3D 16780 bytes
SHA-256: eac0d2606e80263f6a669b0363407f8a7bcdd0d7a5e6d0e54a641cf23e6284f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001280e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280E 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 041af611cb0bd92a1ccf330e6bef8185d217854b54a6436366fa436937ec135f