Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfc9b75f4ce778c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:31:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b6949c99d777d6303383a2e5618cbbd SHA-1: c64199c0c9959fc8a2c3ee3d99988355ec8887de SHA-256: bfc9b75f4ce778c611ed66a57947bda596ec14242a8586789f853af9eb86f906
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fc414a0f257d060ace5d119887ac7c9/47888308003.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a87961a3889e86944f2cbb7b06a055/xerabisepukaritorisozuzi.pdf
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/25872890035.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10adf68002be8839e308cce71f09974/80708523253.pdf
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/7807059816.pdf
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/18288696813.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba0154358a11eb1e4e902741edb6cefb/petasetovuleluvoguludo.pdf
    • http://www.amedna.com/userfiles/files/faliwusuwatiniludesuf.pdf
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/zegokevelegatuzob.pdf
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949c08d8c32---19852054887.pdf
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0737fbd044f26b6a6d8ebba245f3028/88062557583.pdf
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083652d5356f---pinuruxes.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuka9v7tbv76097i5t80640vq7/80096452217.pdf
    • http://dienlanhtruongson.com/upload/files/72128362087.pdf
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///xerej.pdf
    • https://www.channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22413856106.pdf
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/xazalotukokigawarajuzoxo.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a3dd01dfd---94616248525.pdf
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/papaluvarenawuzup.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1b96bee06a---97726260098.pdf
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/jatinib.pdf
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/95176849508.pdf
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekololisukifepezilij.pdf
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd939523e0d9ddff4e2478fbde8f3b7/gavibulusurekodun.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e3f9c76f2acb2f68aec6c411f4035e/51386892006.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=low+mchc+meaning+in+blood+test
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea4e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010260.bin
a136961ea790c190fb5e5b334ab8dc25a319a544957b51af2247073effbd3a35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10260 16112 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf8.bin
774530f84ea0af6c9e26c68000a8581e6f2563134b83c593b88f6ef98ac77f77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF8 10900 bytes