Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcce2f4eeb728db7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 00:46:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: efd16c3d6677b7a4cac38cc0100369e0 SHA-1: d0d399230a68b610c24a13a40c07d557899dcd58 SHA-256: bcce2f4eeb728db7f955e446c203166dbf3a9696f6c413c276676ab5b7870fac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through a document that ultimately leads them to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/kujozaxus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/xowidamulakowajurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69492792375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdeefa8f3c---ratisurapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.biz/files/files/99185449955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcc2cec95c---44676690948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614122cec4d53---nakijedekelusulidewanoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/xesinodotewarasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/ruloluzulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/10522002963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://27derajat.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/55012944452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/41684889455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/lobetasulofisimabatakawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///fubiwazesegisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/sakefesajibeditesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k85shj16h-561lt.com/contents/files/61303799025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/xogatizujozezupixibaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb28e9f8d7---34947397925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/waxopilirovanamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb8205d46c---32986999535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/30796008966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b1be1eaf7---valas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74713353465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c7657a9ea1abc1e045a07688c95006/91863752020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-ostrov.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56747470969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=battle+royale+io+games+listPDF 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_off0000e638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE638 17372 bytes
SHA-256: a7497108fe33ff47886b551ea95efbe1a3e5b830fa2326f9ce749c064c54fd3e
font_01_sfnt_off000112c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112C1 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 814f886042f983f7f5eb32b91f3bc064f0cb93715dc6f6b042b9e6325064dc26
font_02_sfnt_off00012acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ACB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1