Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc62ccd186354c2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:37:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ff06deea5d36655d9d057d5554b2772f SHA-1: 94845f484ecfb4d172805cc2faadfed2d772878e SHA-256: bc62ccd186354c2c3b125aa24373d6111d3ad4da1f80be33b2df66e4e4e49b69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ceaa4210a---1341238192.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://haruhonpo.com/upload/haruhonpo/files/68940037148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-saty.cz/gais/image/file/33176773547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/xovulekoxadajawusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/jovafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtquery.reitoken.org/Coaching123/images/files/rijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/xamimajivanatodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148419ba83c1---47203232532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nivexofatejerutanubosexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximokesikerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/96677159320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxm-hosting.nl/img/editor/file/fomarutoxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingbikeonline.com/images/upload/File/29959822083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-spb.com/userfiles/file/59939290379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202109072038488520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/1811482845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/81728968438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://membranekeyboard.pl/_data/file/64323384429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/79864150466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgroupsrl.com/userfiles/files/pibumegavitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujarevedugamaradap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f788c42b02---newubabikatinifofekataxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=knives+out+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000be3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE3D 19128 bytes
SHA-256: b99c3195336ce9b532e63ce2e77d83c2c7aa9773db6d0674aca9f819b885a332
font_01_sfnt_off0000f00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10822 10136 bytes
SHA-256: c53a9fd7256d4a456dddf34b86e68ef7588b6b530cf52605c750104f9f7a8067

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