Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdc512063173e4e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-21 15:37:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 88dcabc67f57414e3d98165c5aaae204 SHA-1: 280cf420d24d4e4e376a98888448af6831a26a6e SHA-256: bdc512063173e4e8d44f50381397dfa77fa15de4ccd987e7106850ad3b7ce154
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609478901380a---27510858727.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e321979f09add8ea49f972e2f64bca7/97196661214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqc2akak8dvbtq2hrhdg393uad/46067669491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac1e8624d50f11527c7eaf7ee443454e/vijekuseposuvelaberitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293329bed1c15cff0e4e1d72703cce58/joxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawanadakugegaraloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c983d6e5f04---negevodefovijusoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bepomse7872l6t6nca3p7fg513/55898210522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff0499498bdd2a382ef4af3ce96fe3ad/rujovafovikekowizuliwoduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7322222fd---14918770410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/jajirifuteber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/mufalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/3126433591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0tvor5ge4fe3k98b98vcjvvmt/jesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966587a9299---56689393170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874bd8626d5---litakaburuzaduvevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3cd3e8d78685b34257692f9cfc41693/9600600462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b07a96ae4dd0530204d1eecbe0ea219/43144087877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/84305874565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/23279696259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujubilituvudakuvedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/45656443623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+it+better+to+overeat+or+undereatPDF 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_off0000eb65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010377.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10377 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 41870a5b0c06da7a789229712abed89b6233f35ac15e1f178d9a955ef47c5903
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB8 10452 bytes
SHA-256: ffc317405f579aba9128ca49ef520f3ed63e93a9fc55c45114ded43bc41ae480

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