Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc840a2212056695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fd1fb64828f6b41969e66bf39c11458c SHA-1: 84b4845d2ed6d92f0c4c600e4826eec026e47a12 SHA-256: bc840a221205669525a1be28d8ee6e7a5e16e8c9e3b6c11928ba0fe0455eca36
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 and disposable domains. This structure strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure, where the links are intended to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=guide+bonnes+pratiques+en+ing%C3%A9nierie+des+exigences+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9gipt1rk1lbg8gli8sblveh1c0/gasokisarufobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c958801f2a---35069317100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/vajuginupewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/7709109312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurangabadptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46756081899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210616060919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a9527f068---biwidelegowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210709163823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/rokegaromokarabelifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/43013397380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087afabbdc5d---95077282915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/56210143512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/junuvesubimivixezakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11856194930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/jimusebugisefubelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9fb282a1107cf4331962a3ebae80db8/nitodagudagemefazubemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/94571335740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/zewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/mebelurojugupixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jafra-com.at/userfiles/file/74098720037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/86963371299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/bexepupere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0baa1000d8440dacc674055789846e/83919646526.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_off0000d613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD613 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2A 11428 bytes
SHA-256: c80f63e4825f38cd60f2f6a1d28226e69cdcee0ba9001c0742fbd640737791e5
font_02_sfnt_off0001084b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084B 19836 bytes
SHA-256: f9ea5176a0885281cc32e194e9d8cbb1cb6df8f36dcf8aedcb19f36396c431df