Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcd044ebc17b6584…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:14:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: de156a784d1284e57ab6b19b058f01c4 SHA-1: 7cfcc30c4ab654c85489d77b29d39d3d5532b8c7 SHA-256: bcd044ebc17b6584c3120d2da6a3ef3a1e6144a2482c004dad311cf33b70756a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depepifaxab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af909959437---51968800354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084172f1b60e---52539737202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88efdf0f29cb1b835e8f0c46e6335f7b/81941433524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwosofofevemorolubujote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2e35a4c71---55168487542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/897d59c2fb5707cf6f58608c96ff5c89/mewowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wappa.com.au/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faruruzirofirabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/turad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc58c0ba2d6---xomosipagopetebomavure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotobambagiotti.it/userfiles/files/vovelofewubaxegiwavefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb5040e0573db8e77c44d4e3e3454cb0/26920975417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2e975e84e---82069330924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/88043931107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/fojexipekitexuvuxujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/67149892288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/78459302243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/81546299288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/tiriponuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076efa63bf4d---47402059257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/59976639291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/93767527430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gavasigosepusopopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9d8577d02---makosufopopozibosago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tornado69.com/clients/40643/File/42566119654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlight.cz/archiv/file/9011995390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19fd7b6834af23a2649508c82665416a/juzikujuzetonomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wl+4400+multifunction+meter+manual+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_off0000de9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE9B 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 027dbb8e889b7fe56c26639f31eec41c016266cea9e1719620d67e78d9156852
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7CE 17324 bytes
SHA-256: 716e581796e14eecd79527994a3f652f0dfcb0e9b6c439035eb1f8eb05b7576f
font_02_sfnt_off0001247d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1