Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be001b7e1c299686…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 10:20:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6f7812ef762b3571f6688cfd238b5230 SHA-1: 50452d473ca54dd4c8ccdeb59c5d7b7b17ddd2b1 SHA-256: be001b7e1c2996869e1efe121f9838cc04094f78bd2986395a4d31336f1a2161
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document may provide instructions for accessing a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/90360461954.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/17289215430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333fac22f86---98901604092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/65917027145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onthespothousing.com/userfiles/file/69055441167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/50509440983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94236362ae2514a5c8bea5ce32cf8848/72074513091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdsenlex.com/upload/files/94921145538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/66811572263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/wamazibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwipiwiduxikomuzokebiboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/lezexetelodivewilifadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhjpharm.com/upload/files/jedibabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/78365210935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48052826770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/tavelubenivaguzukakigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/kasoxanufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b3178051b---sopezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/pokabifukotimibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/10045467088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/72576023949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=solid+explorer+unlocker+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://forum-auto.ru/data/files/zewiwiditexozona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93255748517.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_off0000ce62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE62 21204 bytes
SHA-256: 7ab277e89007bcd16048574d5e240ff623e7a682afe1903c9820aef60e5dab6f
font_01_sfnt_off000105cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105CF 10612 bytes
SHA-256: ca729ad5000986451d74109816564038acbddeff2d2c6bffcfe022e870b10d64
font_02_sfnt_off00011e23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1