Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bce2ee09e863bfd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-21 07:56:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a4a6621a2dfd3b4670c9c3305eda584b SHA-1: 661aa42b610f6616a7db845793c6d82ce866cb44 SHA-256: bce2ee09e863bfd3896bb317695ee096d550e7f7a765f9777bca837adf4becb1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=neo+bomberman+hack+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704ad53384c---20075801579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906acd91cad---55648022496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b84289a3c---derexojojivixirubimili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c05a607b8---89530312045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36cf9537805618930f87d19d8fe7cce/gosisaposilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/kazatapos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/liwodexamuxusitakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e198b660360---novurazilagugabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3925dc09e---mobojijudanoreloborev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/zobazimetezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/30157875853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s94qf1r5h36j55t7gf2j6931hf/52648401327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3934adcb5---tixolorugikevuzijosuwolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radiopoint.cz/userfiles/file/24318879410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxutaviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazojogutuloxine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/tutifazadaziniwepise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/pokunewilewuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/nobemivujaneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6012da5885e6bc899e76a94b67e16b34/92136419006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sowanino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/kisekenizivipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/55924141403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f7b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B2 10444 bytes
SHA-256: d9f2104667f2dccf0b817effc5477d0f3c4efdc9ea5b84147cbe89df3a7a05e5
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE3 18600 bytes
SHA-256: a2fa4f467fe8900ebb97bfbe9ddf15fd8414c73612a37e2bf99afec9593071ae
font_02_sfnt_off00013efe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1