Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be0c0d6341ac05e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-29 16:42:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5bb0165b3eb147e55b58334f478bce39 SHA-1: 45c60f0547cbecfce189b351ec3d17d52605302a SHA-256: be0c0d6341ac05e62c0338c0bcb1b0595d7eae0cf93f6bc36fe2dba84d2429d8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary malicious payload. The presence of multiple external URIs and the nature of the hosting suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/ledelotud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff5f387513e---burijatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/37327966700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/74199853043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c143ee7e742ecdb29150c25f58b827/ziganujexupikugozezivome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkandwagforveterans.com/clients/9/96/96cc06f6b2a5429c1325f0b535cddba6/File/49387214496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/51787492095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxetimovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestmanassas.com/uploads/files/86677869055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e296cf71eda4a75ca07d8f0d320d2e42/renonujamofepofemeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74dae5f474---47705152292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/nolupusepuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3952e816b---13900208972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sambometal.com/dataroom/file/welit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5uh496j2suttd6j3bmr6qcnid/56262455784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/pozizig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j5u8rh8hb3qgo8ne6trkfhn7i/3265397306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d4943819f---36097959335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/fabuxijikevezivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c459f18c719ebaa214c3410bd622c68/92972365950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a953ecbc74---10512980506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ddeee8224---81278341227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=80+r+and+bPDF 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_off0000e176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE176 9956 bytes
SHA-256: e6a3ede533bd40881acb5eafbfb0f247c9edcc0e04e931b5ed097a0609c5e492
font_01_sfnt_off0000f783.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF783 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F95 16708 bytes
SHA-256: a65d99fe65e605c886401e1d78bdfb7db39b4b1839ab94c9fb438589b240713d