Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc5b66f01b32ad3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:13:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c5e79e2f6c05b0f742c1fb42b524b56c SHA-1: ac6c96f8686d1f1933ecc3cb495bba8039a1b96c SHA-256: bc5b66f01b32ad3ae95584c19771af9c6aad3e7ffd03520fc508b1ee21ce0ceb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inorganic+chemistry+short+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/87677651047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vup7eb96qlq1kqins0fa0nts6/82179064689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/911f5c407748865e5b78c88873ac546b/pifogavezesozebozote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/9325271197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/ruxeminomuliwolefukuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610796dfa0686---82224765242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/9252442757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b1621c559797766ac627551ea2c3b3/repedojunotezawokata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/wefonekevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078222842d89---topijajanevodubanexab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770b2f395164b90167df9d7a6338d14a/27072211785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/goxaruzitizagajawubeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kohphanganhotelandtour.com/userfiles/file/4548675296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5575d0d51---3528650697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c41af7d32be2fc895a9ce0b36a20c17e/dutuxowogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bad50d3776872f56dc47a58fb70f7e99/tewaropoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://degardo.hollandpazsit.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunavilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/xesozoranutoxirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/pekurimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/mulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61848045124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3b60d455da---78306445075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dd88aed1a---jorojevarutudemodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/guparujotizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/8625653687.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_off0000d689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD689 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9B 18552 bytes
SHA-256: a04e67b2a4f7aa42875c8fce9dcd9f86e43f142efefe9e8eaa798b8e4d4c5cf4
font_02_sfnt_off00011f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F79 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 83cf7dcdc53724f8054b1c56ca23685f00790b5e53f8e465629782a99d31aeb5