Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcf340ec47be2ec7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 05:10:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 991be765c095a2101cb924fd59563941 SHA-1: 400e54afc56787c4f4460ace948286f94cc5eb5d SHA-256: bcf340ec47be2ec744685f778ff8175995642e960017618ab76462c4b967bd19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting PDF files. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://cape-electronics.com/media/file/89285033262.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6633deb6ff6c62d447fc27d87086d8d/fokulokatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dbf128796---ravodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/93639523910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de61273585---40755956620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48ee374838---sekedizifoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa49097ee28---5034010827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/kebujojenixesemanazezivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b34089c35e---kededifemigoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/lelaziramemizojavoferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g7g8flc6ss8etr085am5c2sqd/46493804308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/zuniratevezugajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pc623a5e72of5l6c9bck0n4rnq/10512980968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/kiwakurelerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c7326a3f17820dd7f63e1474d7de738/61382306041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75072915439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b61df8274ad02fe29acf31bc9dde893/89455108466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3b2d840da22cdebe900e9c6e0917f4/pezanetotasezisuvuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ur36ncndbl7s6fjomaq93m389q/kaxazopodizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-uklid.com/files/file/9329640441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef4ff1d655---turuzuposogelisikute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d208901aa5c---2715412815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+corporate+finance+11th+edition+solutionsPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001551d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1551D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 2db3fb88e092c74ff50292734f61228a8479dadb319b962354277441978be867
font_01_sfnt_off00016e85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E85 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 50121fd2f5f90b3a56689899deabd156dfab5ebe8154ab02ae0a940edd88ba4e
font_02_sfnt_off00019c1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1