Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfc6dda067e01efd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 21:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6a9d5c7577245eb18f3b41dd7be13a82 SHA-1: 8a4cbebd7437ea67bdfa63fb2ebc65da9f3681f0 SHA-256: bfc6dda067e01efd29b6797711b1dc80050466bf6bbf8c55b725e782c15c3b72
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, utilizing an image-based design to conceal clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and disposable hosting. The presence of external URIs and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or initiate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tubidy+io+mp3+download+songs+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5ou7qhf2ej9j6tu9vsj6pi747/4680459741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/47244064125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijivexuruwipara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/49786664328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwakojadarotela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zenomapedajimebavofexudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automyjka.pl/automyjka.pl/userfiles/file/sifipulibanoxebudosokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43fef3fcd72e626cb8ad7a89a3aebfa1/gulubibaxevexapotoxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrehabourhome.com/userfiles/files/39624974596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/jogilakofupunalevikilake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/nafitena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bresky.cz/res/file/66632834875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/rasukusutifugubusalalaroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613912e2c0225---zogikililupuwuditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/vuwuxebelaralob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhousemethod.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofuredevuvikumesasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopagederivofujikozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50cfce5a4005486a2098c57d6c8cd57c/situzuxumokuselub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.net/app/webroot/upload/files/vajomutitisipizewasito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/1699583235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/97265920634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/9377621783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/76208813794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/rimosotolavudanax.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_off0000afa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7BC 11224 bytes
SHA-256: fd3e59b125dd4e74c52efadf9df93c83de2b80bde7abee53b76bcb9f32a62615
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A2 14364 bytes
SHA-256: 48cbed2e69e4b9c094c815fc62abe79c25d762df90ff217dd9b8e5e71a273d62