Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc8bceffea20ae37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f7cb6d971772ccf7afcd0aabece17bbd SHA-1: 33c4f475c8c2df7fbc95537975cbad05534a201e SHA-256: bc8bceffea20ae373b851532e52779280458156db796e91dbb3f880e5781376e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites that host further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7vjbg9kouc0qtui6nqsmu5cc1/22875803503.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf1bb07717b---pulovawidosunezefafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77682432055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/pagisikelinejufixapadexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/12608638199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp9ord39fj58id606n3mli99d2/nusuronapuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/xogilepujagevefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/49685247342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesufovejavejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052510490018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/94657379843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/51956345925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/gefomozoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff1944f148---niwolatovelojofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93157736488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f5ed726857459833ff66427ec79bf57/kaxinidewuzegitexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/devanapubonozese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dce37088c---49047167574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/402998236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/buvipovozuxuzelamafebemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersenergy.com/UserFiles/file/6991510030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkevuphong.com/uploads/image/files/fobumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=big+data+in+practice+bernard+marr+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6633ac8c30efe293c863ce5497eeed4/66596095552.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_off0000d827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD827 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03E 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 26600ac4dbf0b6942bf0bce86fbbf7794fc4c7a49d14dbfa2141af7d4c7afa7c
font_02_sfnt_off000108c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C1 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 360852fd1f333402e5dfb53b81c32d0bf01c1130eef67b7e411a99d476f62910