Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be316533edf8f7f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:44:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4bef59a7917619ca5d2216e2fafa308c SHA-1: 61983d067fcbf5b56bdcaf316462696af7c159b9 SHA-256: be316533edf8f7f0c3f3493307b4c8809a16b93c28bb6fd11652eeb29bf61d0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host or redirect to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88aab7ff3b95630f1614ed260a8e6d80/mudifogetukal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/zivupamibipisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876059d037d---pezixurupafapowotetevojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deac458cb16---30326795996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c567b80745---saburuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/rotadilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/siporazosizidiboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/1447829819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d22fc387c6a---mimolotagadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a2bb6d425---38746855964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096006abaac1---65287023849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/setatarisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ffba1ec1a---pabudakejoleru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fb800726a---59744362953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/32472584215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe94e36dfb9---81639323453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/620321434bcf5202d7144de4106c9995/3873153240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160abd4bda01d2---rukovunexeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/16374553311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c0c74b8ec17ef879e87ab702f38fc4c/9659075268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/sopobiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia.com/contents//files/70176674989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/64002710844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/icnp319i5vtfo8fkpjkura1q4c/64469689947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/85352205309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=como+hacer+sangria+francesa+en+word+2007PDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b2cd84668---gagivafujekafilukitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F7 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 3e06370c7a58cd3f32e4b394ad42f94b8e12663ed8984d46ff4ec5bcafb993af
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF4 17236 bytes
SHA-256: cea57990ed99dba051ca5d24717997b348a261eca9ac621b44fe164934736f55
font_02_sfnt_off00011aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1