Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc844eeff9d0005a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 04:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d18651ab00604a411ae50c85a467c6c7 SHA-1: 852c051e7c678d2de8855680de9588f7724358b6 SHA-256: bc844eeff9d0005a6de6c48ecf51b03d73e9ec710369f960cf7dcb67565581f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=facebook+lite+apk+free+download+for+android+mobile PDF link annotation
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c7erk305h6k7k2c7siuj98bp/41894333318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4bcaaa48db---nolidalajekuvogomasine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40536869073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ddf076389---60082782118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/batileladekojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/64908586285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47cecadcc6---rituxarijatujozumemedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/derawejulidizoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e653acff6---45929345193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cpsk4fq5hkbc8tsat0igbcnlu/besawisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f472c97e13---89343581151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/12402934951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4db0100abadcf06be926fb727940f1bd/xirexekaboxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4e270224f---75283848757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fcc6be14b---zoriwadimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91b69e8e3c---nuwowodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd91abe81a---51329550689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/18493892350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c7a0d2cab---49581869217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774b066e6f8---fafosajusuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf55088de5---wasivesise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/69057763511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/67897392685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zukexininu.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_off0000d933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD933 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 6c7c2b16a67b77cd9175d149df3a6c7de077f5c58d5ff9be0dc3a91e7c1de7f8
font_01_sfnt_off00010734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4B 10908 bytes
SHA-256: b8626dcd853e6b26347c38cbc331d7693c2732fbf376a6ed8e38cd9f7359bbf4