Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be0eb7735ead9354…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: efff48d5cbb72da4137a487ea8b09d0a SHA-1: 6ac256f57d908c5bafd309ccf2a3355defa47bcb SHA-256: be0eb7735ead93547b93472d3cc8f491504fb5b3bcc4cf5b6c4e45927a4b1e2a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF format suggest potential for embedding malicious JavaScript or redirecting users to exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/kawuridasulaxoror.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535f23312093d20eb6d791a91bad2e64/43503961795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/vivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/tosofobagiwinasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/lipefemubizibupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8ec3odmrq5mpjh7ekaplo8fjo/64226951968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5393a02ac7---digux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbb8796207---xagitonagikesotebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/beponajoguzidowawavorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4f0dcde246422f8fde375a8305cb93e/38129629105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/46580798910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochmis.com/files/uploaded/files/24619218306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/lomaxubidifelegufefusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martom24.pl/martom/userfiles/file/76875586680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/41873623816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b48c8ebe4fa48c39608945ce984e0c8/kanuguxomojutageg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79a820b6ecd852a3dcb8108a2ab3a65c/8859727942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/gopefunadedirotuzubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61013296ead99e339798f9d172394d01/67254031881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/13717901404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a99bfd2656---73684353937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl6mslh59mnuc9lp2579b9hdj1/6881572706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/mibizipapojidavupufamisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=police+officer+duties+pdfPDF 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_off0000d65a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE71 10448 bytes
SHA-256: aa2ce67bbbb21fc4065fe3a3c2ae20d5b6c3ba61fdf516a852a8a5a25a265584
font_02_sfnt_off00010642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10642 17436 bytes
SHA-256: d5250971768136140f3b6c1f136670af5bcb2ce53988730f88a44ec988514239