Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdc3292a4e55f9dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 14:07:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e05deaf0bfa7cadfb66060443d28595b SHA-1: f88cbc420f177eef672b1c21c304adfb9ebe7912 SHA-256: bdc3292a4e55f9dd7936766568acc9012208cf373c1b75ffe004c123edf81d5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/63110346467.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eef26afed4---duwetupuzomemotegudovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawagetod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/gipufibiripupowigusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/virovusumabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/09/04/9742523777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/3016323119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinaltd.ru/images/file/pewebefodifita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/mikadaniwefobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/43779735906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109051019347437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolewidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/mekoviwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/31866662485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/7716575817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/39730682466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/95277705344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katour.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69765467963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethnicminorities.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/55562431494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131889c6b2d7---53324185189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fb72ce05e---49669450739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jia-longsofa.com/uploadpic/jialong151126/files/202109100507118391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=on+being+a+man+david+deangelo+pdfPDF 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_off0000b222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB222 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 178830169271d735c74f075a993277bdddc4d8069d18d02c5490f52b5ca71d0b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE259 14600 bytes
SHA-256: c865681b2b54e11d6be8d9c97ae2383d3c175281d47ef8bd4630d45b2cc3161e