Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bed3ac2a11186ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 03:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7ac3e8c2c3e7a1e2d2c6fd21e50a40ce SHA-1: a6cef71f0a09915d92972f81a54f9cd003e1cbbc SHA-256: 1bed3ac2a11186ea568b3808ef997cde893652b4df963d012d492927c5e9d164
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The presence of a download button lure further suggests a malicious intent to trick users into clicking on these links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a598d4177---79478776309.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4228f7076b6e2c3118d1d5f6cbc83ae/vovevefenabebonopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/xuwazalepufawisizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7e9d78f62---25883088758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/36935137903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210627162480578727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be315a61da09f921a291ca9dccbc39b/devipepogepegobidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c013258e7---81276107723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070319758c0f---63846473091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713afb1cc5c---57067785842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39957450470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/xewanupuxozazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9762b9923---getesugenexokexetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986bf8e9ea4---bidijizenakiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/zazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fcdd64b3e---85261772057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlebcm8v74tdjiqloijukh0lit/vegodixukifow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/30649159564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/korunilugumese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792ff7f2d95---xovafoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fa7c40ee83a7aed4ca915193502691d/76161463123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/nurupitudurebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/bokaluxopojimefozizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce0719d68d---2721829679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868daf0a6e7---wogibedumonejunovaseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=happy+days+houseboatsPDF 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_off00010d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D82 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 90acac32dc111f51dede8fb81616d49af41ddd777e2ebc81df55b93f4d2f0cb6
font_01_sfnt_off00013acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152E6 10492 bytes
SHA-256: edf02a6dab9a8725d1318bd243526374b3219aa956781a78598aa568f998d73d