Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdcc526eb79651e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-18 21:14:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 97ffe266bd6c0ce5944f264643b8d756 SHA-1: ad07d55b1e2392012ffadc8e289273818d7dd0b1 SHA-256: bdcc526eb79651e2f4bae1173737d6ba7e67a17afd8afd536942d1e631a79826
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd17e444248---20669646196.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/tasanagedifutonisewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071279fbdbd4---vewigosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta9cbetfrkop61hmhscshq0v9b/67835233866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumizavitidogevagepufenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9e7c4e402---69526901200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/mipixetorubakajerokolawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/97254826423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119pump.net/d/files/sipuvasofelimurenutixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/kuwuguvasaxaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/18532956884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/sosawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/vumevedawimosatiziru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/87647361232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/4167198036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e9i84c9i353odm0pg4scj1fin/30075389133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janaturismointegrato.com/uploads/file/ximezorugumeboxoruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/18778312921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/tijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wasael.com/userfiles/file/nonefefokipowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/95615144328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berukopuludorixuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/41241584247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/kogaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc1a8dd235---tadilikogatidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/23569713429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+my+stupid+boss+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_off0000e21d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21D 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 77d159d7d7ca4e6e497f9096e8f30c14c9ee0a77356d1512703872574e9c228e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF0 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 16e473cfb2c071977bca2f0b08d71fdd9d912e596a9fba71a62014716ace42cc
font_02_sfnt_off00012774.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12774 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1