Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdc2cfb19ff3f3b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 46cd02d3e26e7d28b9de6b0c0b6b180d SHA-1: e4a598311479d9b559b6b3e1110e8ad6b14fbd6e SHA-256: bdc2cfb19ff3f3b8c7e96fa5b54c75837b66cb69cf3e571c8e8eb468d854f4cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://purefeeling8.com/data/file/74977548674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupofazopalujosudofexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145a9ed3ab89---89441049177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliareincentro.it/allegati/file/puduvifefilositofubewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ef4464f64---rababeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcconsulting.eu/klc/file/nuravimisilarujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/juzane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopitupuvofobubemavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613600c9eae7a---gazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/35406623589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/tipipotonesidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f005eb1ac05c36127c75bb7698a4679/39231558852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileki.com/imgup/file/38185248016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613100a0db3f3---25654580090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/51683215892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23403038371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurea.se/currency/userfiles/file/1154507730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/61493569776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/fokizisenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/67595030298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ab6ba6d943ad06de4dfc6dcdf6eb62c/mejomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/kaxerezumavexazodejulek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+open+house+full+moviePDF 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_off0000b7e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFFA 10392 bytes
SHA-256: c6df741e9b26ba08f137528b3d893fc7a57c130857d363c8d1d14bcbb94de534
font_02_sfnt_off0000e747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE747 18216 bytes
SHA-256: be8a38f0d1ca36d5ed457b4936abb7fd9ac5593136ebf0f423c3f76cc41c1634

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