Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcdad60976635954…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-30 01:38:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5ee4ec9a3c91975f3212081efe88a36e SHA-1: 3e601f8415754f6fa11b5af5ab451f80a5069dcb SHA-256: bcdad609766359548fa91d9f4ffbae310bab00f60550f674063db9afa57fb136
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious payloads. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document may instruct users to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security gateways.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2c99e231e74455b639ee7881861779/zutiforifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/24628233423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a6846ee4c---fopafajasafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/gemetuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/subinisuvinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/74346701457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppmh5lchur2q6iarms938khrlb/xawivedevak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd36402c625a6c23d06c16c1f0ba8e94/zetogivufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/35623693811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a092734c64---sixivosefajulokisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/vinizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ae6553a1e7326a54b48f5af6ae84fff/lisaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077587fef824---79715117553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8dd5qugiee8ilk7g3gh42n6t3/liwiviviwowedopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3f144cc2df---fodasufekewemuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losuwapolivilojutiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57f2b8204a---rinugumitopasijimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/govosejunepezikixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987cd2d8c0b---94202594080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc10014c8c---demudugonixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860c7093ed85acfa0a2d74294eaf49ec/niwizaduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0349407176b3e558f1d96d37b3890876/kidibatupekikigafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baybayankaauamo.com/clients/c/c9/c9e0f772d4a556598cfa564a27137582/File/nipuzopepajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/zafamufaruditesupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10171a9f5a---56703198887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+gta+sa+multiplayer+on+androidPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAC 17660 bytes
SHA-256: e1dda005cbab217fa238a9c84ffee989608cde9a284920917853d487a3678580
font_01_sfnt_off00012a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4A 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_02_sfnt_off00013f8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000157a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157A6 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 4044eb976b1f9779beb9abbc1eca101b1f3feffca58d1d1914e2029da3a5211e