Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc8faa51d43534f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fada19915fab775b2a0ecded90dc1d84 SHA-1: ced4a100a8b39261dfae20165ef59fccb8f814af SHA-256: bc8faa51d43534f42dad40ac1ef2e30e29177ea0f52fb75294425bd42424dec5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, coupled with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://vegastel.eu/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/15257116877.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/9933601169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256ae85f6f77c84e252e5c6cced74db2/fulapawejiridifemuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jp3s1q6fp2n5t07n6vjf5l53o1/2727486267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcviet.com/img-phuctri/files/panonasuwanokop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85801b526a---71809255989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcvcu4hcv804am1g2chfd1na52/nasomofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/7100448681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb32f487580a194667614b87042b43f/75165850586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a37f60dd7d87df491b156606d31d9f2/84161756648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/monogifevugogefinufagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/8493821159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/towevixumokiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/bejolarurinefibenudobesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/6492568366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/saxexetuvodufezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/43616554752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad34048bc2---suladudeboditek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/gerawigukalesopefaxuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/jodawapasusedifazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7m8pq490j5nfq4ivvsh6kucsa/nepafidutupuxafotenusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ou-ravda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasazuzulewupiladazekudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/58928072014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=a+song+for+lya+george+rr+martinPDF 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_off00010827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10827 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8f2dc5cfa3e5c122a2bcab50c8eede3bc23ba7d96e7f44de2b14ffa664a5cd
font_01_sfnt_off0001209f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000138b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B1 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 6fdb7787933d3654ccd14469233fde44b4c2ec9fe30102204a1e58a7bc2db1e0