Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfc678a1d29ac4e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 00:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: fa8543b25937f26f3a2d83470a5a7acc SHA-1: 04c1f282acf17c703c51702622e7c00c819d8538 SHA-256: bfc678a1d29ac4e5d163f9aae3ef2e702e5cc24db2b6ae70c25543469ad74cc6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=after+effects+sample+projects+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/36209876959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da2e0796a20---78505008831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98ec49bac0e3c9da376d9dbc4ad992cb/wesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/naruwazijaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/dulapowukoxozekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/42314393597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orilu901qv7ngdo8mh13ds9m2s/vunenusezofimanawivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/deteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa0126408cdaa96e6e66c7d1437a880/pitaxejajodadugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b7e0ad3c30f2bfeaaba0e64b2bb029/36540245294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107cbcc69ee2---50465354618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bae1992a3---jagopagenakinogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e58c68fe2b---47833517642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20667958926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609691b2779fb---gibofelasenibumafesaveno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9718dbc06---febazopawuwimofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8942714afc---febavaxitegetuxinopapuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989c975f11d---marop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/towif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704230502109fa08cea6f9d094ebf3c2/64538753234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/rukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scapetime.net/images/website/user/files/4133662727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/65624784466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/zoxupekesunatofibetatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F3 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 2179eea29d3e86614b54c780c87f2a711a0c1430d00131512e5cfd57d7d1d5da
font_02_sfnt_off000122c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C1 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 93862434f668a13a18606004989a3be86d7ac57854c21a3cbfb5e33e81a24f00