Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bced7949812f101b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 01:02:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0a186525056e4bc65dc2dfd65e5597a9 SHA-1: 8c9a9efd51495c77b6c4969e16010f4c579bb83f SHA-256: bced7949812f101b0ae8fdf656c502f9230a988125979f4dc576d0652fc7ccb4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the 'link farm' heuristic suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+movies+download+s6+descendants+2 PDF link annotation
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/83986134985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613A849BAF334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kigotasubesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/58914961266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/58998387215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaycafe.vn/uploads/file/gepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/25535575331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/xurakidubebitijopiwunugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/94049785085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf88194c85---56907118973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindustanadvancedsolution.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/vunusalavinijogigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/40610107837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lca004pcndkdkcev04ukjt3po6/sokezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/22181233755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/26520004608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mascotdd.com/file_media/file_image/file/kikopefodizoneson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxixizanumekaxesamudebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/podevejoreserifomuxajenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/19705466194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/likimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83886513790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/92729008749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efcc505c293bf854ddebbb5b066a82aa/fenidobopolexorudasipi.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_off0000e0fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0FC 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 342278f2d7b0e1fca2536f2b85c2b9cb092ba8e6a772f07acb20334482a84fd3
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA7 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 803bd357935caf583313dd1604ce909efcd5238586bed8008efa666ce8f542de
font_02_sfnt_off0001282c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1282C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1