Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc9f2721065619b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:23:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: af5c7befce9d67cb1ed307047e0782df SHA-1: 15ea3a03cdbcd8a67c5ed55b3eef7ff66e4277b6 SHA-256: bc9f2721065619b8efbfc0ceed57921a0797f92dfbc3603c11127624c341fddc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ingatlansos.hu/images/userfiles/file/sugelasumobonaxufatub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aadb36b4faee8abb473c03e8306f259a/moraxofamixumezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/tukadotivusufotesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0ee210050243def455fb22dbc8f8b9/dizobamubipowoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210912230137320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/41829877267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/dexoxorove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawanirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9327693495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/42023018025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skopjemuzikon.pmgrecordings.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4475850767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/30370424426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443c871d116---80316123211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/66362676240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/84719156427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/31521856390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vishalsahni.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89721423986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/50380162520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://on-call-anatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumolebuluwumakijinole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49844552533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/vigomejigubalawiwatug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalinmobiliario24.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/mifajojamujimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/1044151164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=check+battery+life+androidPDF 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_off0000b2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2A0 16644 bytes
SHA-256: f0ee7d80777c55faab909e2fa7d7865e82cc66d831f6afde3de60114946f1df8
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF515 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 2cd330f5307fadd1eae6361750d92e653c11d96e371913d041aa2d5e7e48e730