Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc701414f52c95b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:45:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b71fb93147ac41c41399e62edf0ff555 SHA-1: 5cc5b57b17b7bcda017057419cab4807dc8d70a9 SHA-256: bc701414f52c95b8caa38e1351e9de049917763379b21fe3aba04f15e1833431
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it functions as a link farm to direct users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings strongly suggest an intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=retained+earnings+on+the+balance+sheet+represents
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9331c6cf360eccdbc279871b181e86c/ratalijedobisinerulafi.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085245864d9f---podazelukeliwisu.pdf
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/71911828124.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b50a6dcdb39abdc6d4f53e515afa12/44045409324.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95c830d938c266be2f3fa90d8459bf08/87487199227.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba5f18af04---bebojusalimapasidori.pdf
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/23684372156.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1db58da9f5---77914033213.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62c3316e2fc7733294a7d4dadf92308/waxemaraxidejuwu.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809227c8b55---99962767026.pdf
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/gewelowonekepifek.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608402b4e4cd9---petavaxokil.pdf
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/nuxizavufepolixew.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6496be837c---30656962059.pdf
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3b76344cb---36376094536.pdf
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/jovugovegejoweji.pdf
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca157199b2---vasadefaxeramofewiz.pdf
    • http://dogoxuavanay.vn/uploads/files/4391711766.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b2265ba74062b39ec9a1330d6180fdb/98606484227.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34ed28894805f7a0255f4de4ca037537/43890726652.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793995125ba---33584440688.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b386c3a194---76688733244.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796e5ae9719---nogizoxovixisili.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4bfc89c1e6---88448630352.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f11b87e3c---xolekumufiluzupukelofiriw.pdf
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19nnfist8pifa95tu3iq1obel/11634872940.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000112da.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012aec.bin
240f13d37dd2a7b724685d0e9d3e52f679087461dde82007802b9f5623d733a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEC 18224 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000159fa.bin
587f77caf138c8e912d4c9ae3c55641ebd2b458b2d93fe236a12926273089030
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159FA 10980 bytes