Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcf569d3cc718304…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4a55f5b98f15356585d2e80190180aca SHA-1: 2ead0486851d0193e8f3d0f49bc094cf3d0cdfd4 SHA-256: bcf569d3cc718304bf045b0389ecb4e0ea4ef3645147192730a2bd5e8b5837e2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The 'Browser extension / update installation lure' heuristic indicates a social-engineering attempt to trick the user into installing unwanted software. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=truecaller+app+not+installed PDF link annotation
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a73b2bd3158cbca1dfaddc95878ba08/83892068972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquaclub.hu/userfiles/file/39109962789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffbbc80483---33444130163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://support-cmu.com/filedata/file/87119182831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2usrqlm8m6ki74ho748ejgoevm/merozekizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/kifinozixuwuvakubil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantage.ee/media/contents/file/53260352740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/67170067050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/tolilirularovibepavorepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-exclusive.cz/userfiles/file/tomidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.area-tlc.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxunanuvonunozugele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81324589082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/zovusudojijolazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowesuzakuxitivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614232e34675e---julisuvafafululawelusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/bomevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/sarelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bisugez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/pivedukikitebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/69836147273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132cd4a679ae---ximuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109172005123385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valdhans.cz/userfiles/file/39146308803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/monejatulubufumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/jemuwofesobipuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/99544006385.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_off0000bd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A8 16372 bytes
SHA-256: 68beb6d0adcd848d25541a21d7a3e5313c942a362e9d7da6d281801e2604941f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF99 10572 bytes
SHA-256: add548ad6ba81c2a0a45c4dc3ac9c319a19cac83272ea9e7bf5b3481b3fbdae7