Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcc3eab701d26ec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 94b49edc97af9fd3c5cccf89c5f5f17d SHA-1: d5881d27e6acfd3ff32655e752baca21cfbef0ec SHA-256: bcc3eab701d26ec76cb6fb3acf8687645ec7dd541218f528b3491fd935f96d58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, likely to download a second-stage payload. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further suggests a pretext of financial communication to trick the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://joyerialaplaza.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3682954278.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jatechkj.pl/upload/fck/file/konerezanabanodaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scsumun0nn8tol8jgrgabta756/20586947649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senn1962reunion.com/clients/2/2f/2fc2c703930c5c120d54ce0350dd22c7/File/29318647568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/xevename.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb402b4f10b7c85dd1d378b7d734097e/38141876788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benanugawozuvutibujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8838538df9---59217176282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/46766081302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2076ef2dd---tejodizivagozur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/jazejewofivajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/98503273665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622796f688da42ce5d592f89fb10a228/soxixijejadujunofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0123dda6c41251bc9e412fcd3ab54ac/24957303311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/galutuvonitexurori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazotifibajovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/latewiwewejeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0891892df---77640328279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff0a20262194bfe58e1f8c1adf61f9b/wolokodirojigatexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95300fbe546d2bbb790837d217757fb0/39319802642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxuvijise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edbeffb61ffcb3a3ead40a5915dc399b/37660180422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/49699139314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/lasujufofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfd0adb336---76022026392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=wage+payment+system+pdfPDF 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_off0000d738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD738 10592 bytes
SHA-256: c37a970f247b95929c7edf260bd7e58d1a2c6d8aed60ab4b584a683264c45c5e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF32 16256 bytes
SHA-256: c11631e887296497a16cb68e3461ec38aaf6a46fa337808834ae5441546be001
font_02_sfnt_off000118d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1