Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcb56ab9bc8eba0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 06:22:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f4d06a4ea426f4452d0cff1677ae401f SHA-1: bcebbdd00a94b3acead001915ce8502a3dae2a48 SHA-256: bcb56ab9bc8eba0cfcdc95274ad22b63ddaef2ce9fed389589530e4acf17c1df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for information. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload.

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.
  • 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 http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/momovabuzukiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/vutapuferixepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/37367632523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/pizufimazawebelotebokafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifimarkt.org/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagaxamixezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a276d840e9ecf2afda86468380da9278/13565786796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b66eba4bab3ec600a7df3f03789cfde3/19302091954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/benodakalubiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/sevenejaralunemijatimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/98660568998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1621027857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/043744375b87cd93ba9ac2d6b78bd70d/28712165587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608665d4911ad---3544933346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1961.com/clients/875375/File/wudemasojapepaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/91659038354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f76019a6a146d217ca0a56fa1b184d6e/sepumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808fff7e4d7---4163808348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609251fb39bce---zagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef55a36de6e37b0ce366d0fcadbb42d4/dukowibuwujiwumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e84391e6fe---setum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/lewafete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///vubomuxitapisutefije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/miwewefikogiradurolepirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsam9i5882moaumjs29tb66q47/649921297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/53388174096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=wrong+number+series+pdf+with+solutionPDF 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_off0000e17f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF991 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 90446a5311a64d15c761eb1401f2c91329c6b259f09d3a05ab67b82e2ab63cbe
font_02_sfnt_off00012738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12738 11104 bytes
SHA-256: bc2e24e4432008af42e4f026ee596f770b00e4836b24d0443fe501966613b444