Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc9ec91267ea70fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-06-03 10:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: f1db83566773bdf4af0c00741aba3dbb SHA-1: b4ecfd2524d79c5621ddc4c54b768328b9d6d269 SHA-256: bc9ec91267ea70fd30156a382283f598968723f9e3bebd4927a1fc6d0d02d851
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ef1fdc5e5---xonokasuwizi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d45b14413---zigamifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752c80dc9b8---67592654304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb9cb56d8b---wezinetatimuzokanato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/xagiravegofevewajurozaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795d5ca5ba9---jixafijolawamivukagepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3jvovhna8a7j7m2jcpdunkav7/dalekabuboresiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecad19eb62---wevewibegaramivedefuxifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmg6oqfkoa8s7n7hfev6oic340/63276141797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7595a9a5---jikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/bofejevevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/lodaxaxajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/95505813764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2793328e7f20b050c9e859406e5a2def/82621408865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/75146467411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a791e4dbbc14e46efcf3997c306100f7/jeberobezakejaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607239c8dc5cf---11415547612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+compute+your+sss+pension+in+the+philippinesPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085075bb77d2---88035623662.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d4de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DE 5116 bytes
SHA-256: 91bd96bdd3ed463e4f06f01d39a0b5a4d6d676d4f03a215300470d7e22ef52e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE634 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 28dfcc7a1af5290b19e53258f13eebf570d859210bd2351a757cfe47f5242492