Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcfe872e17364c7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 06:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8364a687da21d28941c2feec33132ad5 SHA-1: b6e64bba197f8e024bfe57fa0ec0583d7d8c42d6 SHA-256: bcfe872e17364c7b33b119fe0ac06e24b66c948c19bf2b6d0963addc7edac736
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for malicious code execution, while the link farm indicates an attempt to distribute or redirect to malicious content. The overall pattern suggests a phishing or content distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021071403551152.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe425f770ed7bb363a2db9bed27ca892/bixomugovodekanupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/33389719116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876073d02f6---denisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c99ef74bf27b816414df9fa2f3eb9b39/41915520271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/tapimuzopasolemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/morinomanufakakapezumesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca3df08cab---80638565354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/70324242390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/49344429539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7899553ec5---vofogupude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c4160b2eead---sajewiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuzitewigudusenebakuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ef8c5b363---dotupujebixudeporukoxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microlana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3259964831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ccb6280c5ff96f9f9176e4e8c478c39/wepager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0d1520e661e87c1cd7f6b3f53129a58/viwejimovefagitidajezuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9arsbdkf9omj7o2qtu6a91oc97/tewotibazovobax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/banotunataxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/1921113448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc85d878d0---96076835542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinapevenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/mezidudujejasani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D1%81+%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC+%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%B2+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5+%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83+50+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82PDF 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_off0000d27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD27A 19976 bytes
SHA-256: 833754c7d07a1fff446e0d0dd255cae08f3c88575cacb121463a27068e8a652f
font_01_sfnt_off00010469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10469 11460 bytes
SHA-256: ec41ad1bc23c641ff267be60a9f9005081ec10e734c5a4f93c8daf63fbf9a65f
font_02_sfnt_off00011f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1