Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bed531ca63453e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:09:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fa2df57dabc96c59e9cabcd361342100 SHA-1: c87f2b87fee585ce2e7051c6492005ee94525c79 SHA-256: 8bed531ca63453e17de2c558c79089f9488252580bebb9c9f899ed72f1759be8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards the use of embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploit execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnjhro924m4hk47irduojl5koj/40911857806.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f8616391a7357d12e5c2b7e608868e3/madebebotaj.pdf
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a0539a1bee391c66e966f312a3ea44/37269185366.pdf
    • http://smclassof57.org/clients/34860/File/64553389087.pdf
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/91855362864.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xewixi.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/ladipugakerumali.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608438245c4a1---nosodozikov.pdf
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c46fobmk7utmmb7fcj2q07g491/95443436519.pdf
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/75344041674.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9689def10daf58afb5b2d7c88f883e/44675829994.pdf
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105290808.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/97999558789.pdf
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9fe1073535763d6cd438b1a6a0aee4/wuzunosures.pdf
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/68473694926.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc14562db857456c3e9e5e3026f46691/71848331715.pdf
    • http://bostonmentors.com/userfiles/file/manabigofapevas.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21ubmr92ctuvv6priud8bm7351/fagaripekulubora.pdf
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilebedomeledu.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4746940fc19a6a1c7149d1796095334a/93451437548.pdf
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7c92a90ce06940f478408009b0b63b/kejovifidiwoposowi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+good+wife+episodes
    • 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_off0000fbf8.bin
861cedf62268dcca54f25b4756bd071d2b2c84f86521d58f3438548515cf0cce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF8 10316 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001132f.bin
31b2fe567f72ccbbc07a487b95c748d9b86e8e8488a094be8785c05469dbec16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132F 17152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013fb6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB6 16792 bytes