Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc87e7d96df27bea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-30 13:01:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9dacfb0617261370e63f3a2fe3aec569 SHA-1: 4986db5d68559157abe1ecf0a5fe3e139b3b75ca SHA-256: bc87e7d96df27beac9c475dc192983dd32d28b8ff409b1bd6ead43e8152e2438
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of external URI links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=net+framework+4.0+v+30319+offline+installer
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/30280802519.pdf
    • http://lpxs168.com/filespath/files/20210903155535.pdf
    • https://xn--90aweabvm.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56767431351.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4967d37d58aabb6b25e3b7281475b4bc/rubet.pdf
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/xijofuse.pdf
    • https://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/46953208622.pdf
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/fitapovovexinajag.pdf
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/25078527853.pdf
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/18446857686140575082eec.pdf
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/mifowurusanowaze.pdf
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/ruwuxop.pdf
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents/files/fomomizalamabinujodav.pdf
    • http://decoworld.in/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/29511980737.pdf
    • http://adec-interiors.net/Uploads/file/zatatukefutedenasuv.pdf
    • https://gestionarival.com/userfiles/file/kizibimatanesoxukulupufut.pdf
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39743064402.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dcbe911f44329750e0e834b26daa5ac/dijowidepeta.pdf
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150e5816c5fc---pajed.pdf
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/67529351370.pdf
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/nubufazi.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161535e9ad7d87---89065760542.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_off0000bf80.bin
067329df87a5004ba41a2c1e468184c2afb10fe41f1508c4b552013aca7c2b41
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF80 19696 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f339.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF339 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b50.bin
23a071f7ce45610fa1ea7e2a6df3b12a0f32ec6b796c4ecbe62cea1ff49b9fe6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B50 11252 bytes