Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc91de911c424dea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 5cde7dbfa5e802de51293049e31407b3 SHA-1: b05e9ef0bdc9b34a832061f931038b50723af27c SHA-256: bc91de911c424deaa7a51ee2ca2b79774a3ede0480ad0033a2c85a27cf54cdc8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites suggest a link farm designed to distribute malware or host phishing content. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slide+template+business PDF link annotation
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d55a0706e---nifeberofobefetujuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dd11ef9b5d478e74a9d64bd2bae7a1b/xezagasesebafidebigawawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pji8hrbjdqhnv8g4jttpuie3i9/96503834035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jcmr41o9v0io6au9bhi2kqd62/31905491420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8fcc03919a---90267343845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbd9965f4e---podiwibireroxibexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kino.ru/sadm_files/pagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/tawofopejewixugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/xenopagadozironibabadowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d696bde134294d8d93a667ae49ecc0/54272560081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stt4htl3tebi9ctiednuvvn25m/bepimonidiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094db4d6ee97---11914016373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogoxuavanay.vn/uploads/files/jituxobifobagivumugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b57b884a2---mevujisapikaxidajiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/tekoxemedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lofbade3fa8dn750omr81su36p/kolezonumujupuzolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429160827616942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9601384191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd765dd35e2---tejakokolobaxikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdedadc679d---dupumuvalesopixogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/95400132716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b35ae2cbe---2469460364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/26085912370.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_off00013616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13616 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 9097c12d78be3a265bab379a38e5c1defb46f4b051278e6e46a44f6a5dae4d5e
font_01_sfnt_off00016426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16426 10648 bytes
SHA-256: c32bec461ff4cc6889ebfd39cec5cee0c526aa3deef01f9c9e1fbef26d828adb
font_02_sfnt_off00017c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1