Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bccbffe2f5782d55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 13:12:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c779444227c2848f59ce0e5bcedc0ab7 SHA-1: 0f8c3ec9438149e419f095eb9302f17bc2bc0ee7 SHA-256: bccbffe2f5782d5501eaec6fc1274e4bd010cce3f69b880adbe5cabe9495c8b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosting PDF files. These PDFs are likely designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver phishing content, as suggested by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1464b7523---webabegetenufexinakazowa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fab630400---93372341914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqqmtvr6fj7auqp1jm4jvqd32o/22653463454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609878b2c33c2---21419974382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilanemedosujuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtbs4lcupiukih9l8n57jh3in3/bofuxejisimoredososij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/wasupizobapepizidejuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de2891b548e---73826267911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2srr3f5vpmnt08781mliu04p1/jamalixazatikipaxilizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210607011959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2acae4f265e1748571439113b181a23e/64417759923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b3652103b976d12570d101abce2b04/62064897640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/807ca06c4fd1b296b171a9f8e210f108/69551013943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/terapotofidefupewenilaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/sebilolewojufovexovusefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c650e30de1235e760aea23502fc3cd9/fariredujumanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tjrqco6q46s7etpb29jd44ba4/fazapewizubuwupalegidawez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iagn3ip8fcjh6446tlmhu80ver/podupokamuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/57690080693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingtheturngolf.com/clients/9/92/925d9bae4ecf380f28dbe0e1390c16eb/File/lawunoramomima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m6bbj96egbjrc68rd4n1cs3c6/46150266911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44769b9dfc8cc1bb13be12d91e8166ee/94028617846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/72616232853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-7/20210707224949903385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotugoravebuselarexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b182a350531743fc67d078bec8767b/10561008527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=quadrilateral+shapes+and+namesPDF 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_off00010c39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C39 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 1814a66558c78c34022e7fa4b1f722d0a1049a3336096247065cf66b0ed92c43
font_01_sfnt_off00012497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12497 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CA9 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 6c228c0344731231af3832e34cdaeb5a2c4fff987b256078f41c8b038eec9e94