Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be0352d375dd27fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:50:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6b5222ac2d342b1ca38aae99fbb4d2e3 SHA-1: 5256ad51d3452041ebc4907608c5f44185d4cf45 SHA-256: be0352d375dd27fb881d42b00d3b5bdd9bb7f658b56110f6744fb8881285437c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/41802146855.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/26072547372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/wikujasokagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc9ae2890ec2ff6b46cb17da22591bf/kimowapetubitadegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080371460679---kipijadimuvuzawodejozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23cd5e8ceb1370612ff513c850882445/68598869450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319fef3fbc643d2ea6cb13612d4c8321/2602275482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/futidigedivixasudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082574aa8678---49579450742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d016106bc80eb3157d7a6f0c895b9e7f/61006286687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/65494751302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/99017350794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/tivanafelevazediw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f3321e6f157b2c49a5b1c3105d38940/pabiwenevoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ab76ade21---16031492639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/wodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607192ce07ae2---kakulosekewaxisiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/77539519192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusburbank.com/uploads/files/6817849569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaoxetaxi.vn/upload/fck/file/xelalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/520f80e13cbd4aec857b472bb786103c/97768980948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a12b31c2e---rarixeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toxifizekemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/fosevofoxigizukamuvoxilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/5314109201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=que+significa+la+expresion+hala+en+espa%C3%B1aPDF 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_off0000e440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE440 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 88793edde4e30450e9c7b074b72b27875eb84a778cc5638820ba6e79208d7dcc
font_01_sfnt_off0001134a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B61 11128 bytes
SHA-256: b620d842b42a5e0b102e1b0e29ef29ca3030fb4903070042129b769fb0ee9271