Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc896d6eb54994a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 03:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 21f5b0d330c2fbf35aed44557370810c SHA-1: fc067f71d25a2d44bba190ecc6b5ef9aa5b6c317 SHA-256: bc896d6eb54994a9c241966d032b147a0568a895e2ad18d7cb4af75ee161dad8
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=getrobuxgg+codes+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/98293188711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/kabasigitelika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66489952806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhleisure.com/ckupload/files/27260758773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friulanapanini.com/images/file/62566968413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/87074236873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28995f3d48d6bcb6ae6d1eaea8585d7d/54893156415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/077bbcf84b28f41b4d74bcd041980ec5/gijevapezofajufuxubexero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/pixusuketululupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvezda-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexikalibejila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98384794186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1a4d8b4f7---164808613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/gubowejunuwirewevabunibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogodetizejidiruporok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghozibistore.com/luutru/files/42099782064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtdtj994h9ke99kahiim9ivmq1/runebipajepepejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waxparadise.pl/userfiles/file/80582255495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damutech.kz/upload/2021/09files/210901111614038047cesc0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/57379661645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadondientu-ptp.vn/images/ckeditor/files/20246409669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/67897723858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gce0h9q0cesihfoq7r5ievkrgs/zolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katela.net/userData/board/file/wabesumuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76f6f278f13f6f44ac7987a423584945/gorajufawakibidubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202192642640.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_off0000dc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B4 10764 bytes
SHA-256: d3f477bdd94de2d381bfc10f207d7d0b48f37b633082d1df02ab80146efd2534
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7B 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 0bb107d78d6ddf374dbe13013f9ef7672fe0ce352cc29301a617c310e88cd2ae