Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcdaa635f27b40a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c3227ad84cbd6f711965487269b5c993 SHA-1: 70e1e216b96bf5469cba297ba33bdc64fe1750af SHA-256: bcdaa635f27b40a8e06997d70043c47620db02724dade1fe1c69d26403f4f2f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are typical of malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bfb1f743dcfb719454b45f1e8b0cba6/bitipuxixuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6fd4b13616903df7c153d8a7657ead/8389222581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/jazasapasuredideba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7a3645b1bc---10291614095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906f629c2f2---kusazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d91edd51e---77701107495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2ccsdodphdaru9eqlo1np426g/tegomowakumufedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/50648890310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c014cd2bc24---68301832212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/16648137359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862e8e49694---20746485381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/74243719717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/49080877343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d2626b964---vodigizubixulabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb00ca90655---kijazewinakade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/84614281492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/jewid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/bufolopajuzitesalevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b18a95a2a5c2b24016b7514fefed29e/69802402804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edenestates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12401709946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b33ecd7bf2---wubifidisafituxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/togemifavapimadifiweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/jozumukurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=lunsers+assessment+toolPDF 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_off0000e1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E7 18156 bytes
SHA-256: c8141d2388705038f55a8e0b98ad6180daf6014c3ed1a5a454a4dd6c4c1d01aa
font_01_sfnt_off0001106e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106E 10232 bytes
SHA-256: bc393e42caf29f74046219f8e35fe638613b4d71b0630cdf67ab1e663450c8e0
font_02_sfnt_off00012776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12776 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1