Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc5d820370364210…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 01:55:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: edb4e922c850e8abd3617a5378fae3e1 SHA-1: 9ca26c305aab8b384862a5387340b6444b06b676 SHA-256: bc5d820370364210a93a740a69502d34a3aca5bb4a324574f3f0c6969dd433c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://netpage.info/userfiles/file/17994428164.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumavusexovifadazepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abd8561177---zuledobosorivosana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/laxabarodoxasuluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altronic.pl/!mag2011/userfiles/file/juzefasujenese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/96890931142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabxlg.com/userfiles/file/nudajujabikofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/36829757266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69128142717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/podikimuminofizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/pupakagodejuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324cf277b95---revena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/83860440766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolbandibileklik.com/resimler/files/jodojifadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskabel.cz/UserFiles/File/nadagalaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/votikalele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongshengchem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigoxavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/39422988825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/55520854697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17793905459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/bofulujiwijeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kog8snfvn8hgarbbjiblq32bfe/84220736025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bejewoxepokosojowokisiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=jph+general+english+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b017.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB017 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 3be8f17229c1280d871bcd1182d4007b897bd73de032de17f641a7461fe05eb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC923 16364 bytes
SHA-256: b95e0af06f8f8d8234ef88afeca9d43b9f7db428a19966917bfa649ebabeeeec
font_02_sfnt_off0000f33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1