Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfc85239e949cd4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 04:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2e6b5bd1b29088008f844ab57559de50 SHA-1: f84868bfec698cff87f8f2164e9ff86add4f74f8 SHA-256: bfc85239e949cd4e92c7218722d23da05b3db2143e3db56f005bded93d908e62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous external URLs, many of which are PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext, and the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious content via a series of links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disixisilaxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/90967382043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ik8vd5ilvrm69segt793ej46/polodixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/sidesejosijipalozemalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/56990870370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b39aafd0fdac5d9da827db299a5150c/wimagepebegajedusugegixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/58734735325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/95249908960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///92313133323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c823409071---gafasawikosuzexovavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/letexisamuwawifotabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/97414633600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents//files/24232472759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/644fd9171de94b1f4c4a308a9d8d25fc/86106912995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ili0ndvg76egasn8toenegtfld/jutagebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipurefetubutojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/21274976548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/22091224727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc828d3325592ffce529fccc4e71060/34591337481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/96318662854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bcbjc2g2fmq416sgc0fioj61c/laramufebirefonesimoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d952b8a83---jadidamupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49decc8e99eb8b15a8034757eac5f3aa/mitimazipamapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/30801604011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=koikatsu+party+cards+not+workingPDF 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_off0000f538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF538 17688 bytes
SHA-256: 0f554e4e3dff15f7d98405578d679de27182b304c16593b0a6dd98dee88b362d
font_01_sfnt_off0001229a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1229A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB1 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 9e075beffd19cf556b757b05f2398a771291a29be5ef1b5a0c8bcc3a969301f2