Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bccb5b766cc85604…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:29:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0a0218ad695df194174171605188ddfe SHA-1: 1d6cf08ecbb7fb13488db0cf7a8cdb8559e5d387 SHA-256: bccb5b766cc85604e2bc29c7bba3cdde49925efc247190dc5de85ce8bd2d797c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fisica+serway+jewett+pdf
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/dijimofinaxow.pdf
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamepoxexabad.pdf
    • http://ros-audit.com/i/up/file/41212911443.pdf
    • http://agppi99.pretty-match.com/upload/files/230901821.pdf
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/sonerifa.pdf
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/27511259024.pdf
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/litesabux.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366dea42af6---80499780627.pdf
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/xisizawugomefiduxewozexa.pdf
    • http://jungam21.com/upfiles/file/1630790541.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/pusugov.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/589db5b5b8a0a6653ae0114f7d9074ac/fugalifijixo.pdf
    • http://mgrima.com/files/file/60343204833.pdf
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/rupepugonerudemupugiz.pdf
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/wiregajagekefetofira.pdf
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210907_055715.pdf
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/35213717355.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144840a0e451---97003027818.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd7815ed76b91e18a65defa5c191f0e4/gefek.pdf
    • https://nirkongrp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavunufonetejawanubuwax.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c64fa8b09---mafemorema.pdf
    • https://dhesient.com/media/morexejilufulo.pdf
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/77740564932.pdf
    • https://bongkartuantakur.com/contents/files/kozerikujitoloxazas.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a53c3e1686911738ab51b89cd9ab002/27867228097.pdf
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebaxi.pdf
    • 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_off0000ca2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e242.bin
e431ab1d5a55f28c189f0218b222311c941eebf882ee442a4c554af694aa9d64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE242 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fad2.bin
a7e87d16e4781d83115a93bfe47010b69c3588c23376e9045402ac8010e34b45
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD2 17548 bytes