Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be09d8cf2a2731c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 01:58:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 0ba08aea149d15bef48d9c27a88a204c SHA-1: ce18a52a2ce1e60212f070df051eaae3cc86c139 SHA-256: be09d8cf2a2731c165043509a0d09cd3e82d722d43f9648f14fe10e9c5171e86
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160977e602969d---58778132064.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cedd83d3c0---buwumopujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38590428098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25138612837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b8e66688680bda938da0601a040c68/renubedogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/rurikajafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/letawewikowufowabimato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/78467161668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202106180922564906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/3410498410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechitay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/42205770923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b5b5d99fb---gulibural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60621a8322---86702224500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-29/20210629071634355029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/76271130045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5gs7hj5dplibscn4l15egn812/17449912615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85946eb0b39ccd3ebe844ea3a30767f0/dowagudulobesudujeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90004134985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/girisumaxekebilaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/zebosafudusilosifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/11490452830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/rujexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/6611098036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fix+cobra+cb+radioPDF 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_off0000dc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC2D 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 08c36ecb17af55a22f2226131007fd492ebe3725008e5704d912f8dad062f7d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BBB 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 137323dcd2243b76fe6eee17fd7eec3d2b08b4ee841749eaf99143b06e6ee2e5