Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be00802b6e22cfc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:04:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0edb894e6f1865cb26eba7577fa2285e SHA-1: 8b9b6cf52f1281fd11d64b740ea563b0b722bbcd SHA-256: be00802b6e22cfc8b1ab22eefc06c76af358939c935b3b5c399a81a3866b8e7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure and the presence of multiple external links indicate an attempt to exploit users through deceptive redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=always+sleepy+after+lunch PDF link annotation
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/wesamizelere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085612feea6b---11438089421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a24d8f66b---jebubelifinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/xazumomawomezorejino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a58fb662a5a3246348ec8e99f71a9e/14038989291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/bamiwifovemixotiribed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/kisowevimafoluzigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olversonfamilyreunion.org/clients/5/51/51a48c89da211807e19ed56f8a1a1822/File/bavigotanepagodovezewevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2baefaf077337cb393c77c67c126d12/gifakajemasimunokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/wazuzuwobarebudowazamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d1de6b907---38809921701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snh2l0guqb3bjdds4r7it4ioj8/befoguxusafasupozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/jezupinoxesudelidimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/48725479300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/29059589132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566cd59cf8ca0bb6d2611d91a6dd82b2/pesonanoluvesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54580480d9f8b9b781a3ea2b2f485353/7365939881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a832d86a49d---talixudenuzufifojepema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/zutanukusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/luwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/61054949616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/409f24d8309ab665b7691f3d63bb1d66/rojusubuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895aff513b3---37900918167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39bc0e820a09c071cfa666eaf879dfd/30737989630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa159328289---17229893371.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_off0000fb5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB5E 17640 bytes
SHA-256: ae79c30030862b693bd994aa0849b46e2a6e1915b7d3d928869a28ae2959607c
font_01_sfnt_off00012956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12956 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001416d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1416D 10644 bytes
SHA-256: b387f967fc36c5cde84cb6e536f579243c82ec739e3ec7301dbb61a9d52917ae