Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bce5fc4270a26942…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-18 06:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3a3825b81633047fc734b39df2df8ae4 SHA-1: 0fec61c35b3ff7b4bf5c72494926a5c0e200b17b SHA-256: bce5fc4270a26942cd36873376d3865dd850c27216055c79685013f4c44422a7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=what+is+the+procedure+for+reporting+an+incident PDF link annotation
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c3a13e0f9---jogafavisorajukoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/kuwuridevidokefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29eaaa19d8---fowazawizogomofeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/tatavoduxumolabulizekiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/38669635627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/73381238540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bd6d763ff54f967d57356b75bf2ea54/81615877128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b580639732d4bba2ae23c730684899c8/38229034424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsuuaq7v9vd4m21vqgdf7pr3dr/43607909233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921fatjm2jflhl2vqj2v9q7706/xoramotuzajugakigojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/16711845440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e655ee3cd86---50029831069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/mujusorexenijarukodubiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1e38109504825b13d6ee7242332b7e1/65269919316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/pajoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/94130189016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvlvb3202sh846de3fv9bv4kr4/29951898756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b01f5c48f2---52820803944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2b4a44anrthqog1d982o2togu/sidolifuxibigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/tebawobabaromewoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/joturi.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_off0000f042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF042 17260 bytes
SHA-256: d7d50685df53b62b357b1735ecc0e30914624acc708dcfce774857a37767ebbb
font_01_sfnt_off00011d1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13536 10948 bytes
SHA-256: f949375032498e5c33290559c5ae060b9fe733d724c3b09cf9a2af87a21c20ef