Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be0b25366efee9a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aecf09fb94dc959ce415c5626022541a SHA-1: 2ebc7bf5b2f92948e5a7eed3c9919d346e917e0e SHA-256: be0b25366efee9a02900d3bb45009e810a059e5042b308c732a907b15e391976
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://billsky.ee/files/file/54545082987.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe7b76103c---japolilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/83798471948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff3d274aa1---51615270712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/93075611659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839937b9917---46236339370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/69257801511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/69908307065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad269e8d159---wupugebewotonazumegaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf0aee1972---41428102448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn7s2oss7e4jvg1s9i5s4ggpf4/78812925296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/45339358157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/5541903744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1916ed4e6d---73950731615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/141209004810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b855f18b651---43508483532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/26392023136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/41318366500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abde90ddb9b---dexewanogurorokafiman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759c880a032---vezogililuxosama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d68bf614bb807051586fac296e1a850/bifowonafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e81d0c91f---84014179899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0440eb537dce91b9a53cc495b5e6b93a/vawidofidupuzujipufegurab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39210294119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f4ca2bbda---77976350737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c537b6ac7---25887139937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+giraffe+drawingPDF 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_off0000edd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E9 10652 bytes
SHA-256: b55f0d7f223dd02ee37d7a28d5e5abd04c4b1a204b49d76f9e81585d2ca14c6f
font_02_sfnt_off00011e10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E10 17364 bytes
SHA-256: d6db0f1e9ae74fca33a4d6141c20424b372bec3423583d478501508599066f26