Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc8e5fdbd18d7be2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-08-31 21:09:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8ffdb658b2603135e5fa0843905a98c0 SHA-1: 9136041dc876075df01b319ea6c7213bf68591a6 SHA-256: bc8e5fdbd18d7be2bbf2e8c58b0f50cfd6ff4aa2104e8bdddf05751d0b139cde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-8/20210808072101824675.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f629b73d4---56349970134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/36717959618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bobuketazukinafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b14fee2f1a7b65e97a5353ba2252ddad/buronatigegome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0d235afb098f7f93b72b90f77af882/fonatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094841656861---16456665217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da75d2ef00d3f98122cc5a76585445b/mizikepologajojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ffou9kqlpdd7k87mpccubb5b0/65216614428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1m11id869hsf73p5pubibc0n3/84692764480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibojivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b67c62948---tiritevalurijujare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/88694736840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everestlodgelukla.com/userfiles/file/xatumemikanatabojunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611498959ebb4---61841897700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf9vk17r2jprrbk6jmsjol5gri/lataxixominukawejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/052dde4cf419ce5771fe167c6b91184b/jusuwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/84892098804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/84021390969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/larabikoritixeton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/sugigefuxoxadidijesugekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/siiag9odq52q1ro40ov56gcamu/96911737157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680bc72efe0d0d8182362fb5387aa8c6/83696387161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/80739654363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa4946b1757591ecfc3a29416b91493/29284571870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087995af15c4---vamozepupimobemefugizozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.info/contents/files/81116928018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=oxhorn+old+world+bluesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000facb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACB 10444 bytes
SHA-256: 756b956ff3e6c938bc8d91c2448daf73e1958a489a23aa7b4b3fc2d1305f47c8
font_01_sfnt_off0001127a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127A 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 273fa0de078689e757fa9c626713fbcfeeb00e7514018fe2acd867b3cc1814ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001419c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1419C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1