Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc9b074d8bba552e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:29:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 910d6baece0679b57d2903e777944930 SHA-1: 678c5b6414c2f283efe9183453f818ab696c43c2 SHA-256: bc9b074d8bba552e3f583468fbcf1b2d6ae72c6edec2d1c39a8cd1b737c16d8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a malicious document as a lure to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.asslar.de/downloads/59391756767.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdbcbd3f7cb---93658400276.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/60723048357.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c406970872c---rabodavogeweba.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e6f4e734f---tanotowokitoso.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f353f4b407---mupekuniduf.pdf
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/29388945228.pdf
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/tosaz.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/626aa97ad025238d3806443ba77d5cac/42566017865.pdf
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/sudatuweduxudi.pdf
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/24828005623.pdf
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/47519266833.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff66b397db33701e94007b2782d48935/bowasixig.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b8e50abcbef9d0d97468801e9841b41/dimanulitinetesotiva.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608453c24d76a---merek.pdf
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/40672280397.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79a13c82f5---33854926395.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f8b875b55---xivesajo.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00b9561b70---1050208815.pdf
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/57570699149.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f63ff5b5ec---bunetenulumaraj.pdf
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5h72ula009d62q42kfndmp7qh/wogobowarijexa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+farming+valley+guide
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001240f.bin
68c00ed2585777b2c403b0d44193708aea9b08025d60f4b37b45ba99eb9ae3df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240F 17612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001521f.bin
806198fc728f9a76e695e236578a472bde290b8f96ea4a35ef366949c747e8b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1521F 10804 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016ace.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ACE 16792 bytes