Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcefb9fb5904a45e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 02:55:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5d4688c6469a6aa86d55755aede193d3 SHA-1: 58a130038cba64ca7b8d920214f98a75aefad123 SHA-256: bcefb9fb5904a45ed0b478dd92eecdea111709ad169f183d1c02430c662e6bb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The presence of embedded JavaScript and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The heuristics indicate a deliberate attempt to obscure the true destination through link farms and potentially compromised hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+plant+identification+app+android PDF link annotation
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/jazegejikutozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bfcca5a690e261afc6d39b9fc1e725/97383899737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/fegina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamphucthang.com/images/news/files/49890791596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/kafekogitafufidemerikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ablerexthailand.com/userfiles/files/33916152000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/dowaporukuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/fekerobixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/701d79e589fa7dc470772528b5038c9e/96035216921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84603383612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaiokla.com/uploads/files/lonigunegilalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45813206087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mchs.kz/userfiles/File/kunupexemebegalugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83b58482283d02e2acb877b63806fc6/52780036042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/sagijimubefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3l0vi44fcdnfqbppfio8ehk5v/76564303192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021090221101273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6c57a60b7---18361855372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/dusaxupefowuxozade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinaconexmec.vn/uploads/news_file/81139687753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanizsakran.hu/userfiles/file/xamagobupowobudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m7s2i39fmnp6s3eq0opn8sktd/47490477167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chandrakantmusicacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33757695711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcb7cecf5db7b89f9b9d31266b120b73/32824270726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/17772612590.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_off0000e89e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B0 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 9013d4df8b024df2f978744ecbe6304cb039c0e892020badea511b1b0a1256cc
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA0 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 829e28504fa27537837e1a4f19feb090423224a23aa6a2fdafd83fc1abd2a882