Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc8198b2f5ae480b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:36:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 43eecc2d8d8a1dffdf1ebbbce469cfae SHA-1: 88f605ea98919c3fffa4ce26d9cc74313590ec5f SHA-256: bc8198b2f5ae480bedc3f4a8ed85f77b6281730f9e7faa65b162f02a4cc6f521
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites. Heuristics indicate a lure for browser extension installation and a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/favatobozajamav.pdf
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/fovitupimadaburaxijumuj.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b83f5eda1640cab2094bdc90d30dd63/28814826285.pdf
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d404b4fe66c90f56477f83a8ade33f95/lefuvida.pdf
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg7uv26v2hp8u9a650289ocg66/bigigafikawalo.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8625dabf15---punobutokawibupoxuj.pdf
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/timumivilibavafusepap.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e4f241c82---nenefavederag.pdf
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/nazedokodunabe.pdf
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/53503510548.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei1td4iaq2ce5flrr16hs2h193/56769938147.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c968750fff---15768546195.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vaoj5tg63k8ppspda1r89k3d60/vuxudaluxu.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dc655a8b8---xobagebawa.pdf
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/45172464564.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c868345ac9---zuporusipukanesejoludejon.pdf
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/wuvonoxafugevasutekivatoj.pdf
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poburabegozoboxuzovelaw.pdf
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiporoxevojutuvilel.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jslth3gfuf2ajtm8d84epkvf5b/pemibudopozaganupo.pdf
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cddc41ce9711941307380b43a0e657f1/30280366321.pdf
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzojutovexesoz.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e05f81ce5e---dileguzawazanitidipavijef.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgcse79jqi1385uu1sfslq18a2/90511333185.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b746cf191---daxomagu.pdf
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/76928434810.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=send+this+out
    • 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_off0000f907.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF907 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011119.bin
8bfdfd4b498af447942286ca88f63db2cc9a0e0d4173db84fc828c684c2f6d26
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11119 16832 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d11.bin
39969b90b2a5202e12f391e616a51f6602f1e348cc7c1c4b21015b0233e1d0ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D11 10212 bytes