Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be3b0a1740b564a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:21:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 813c57be7e21f1fdf51566ebd3f145f9 SHA-1: 06182d9a451e3f6c9d8f8700ea30ccbccfd7caf1 SHA-256: be3b0a1740b564a24e555a63523ec1a1677116fb3c2ee0dcaa34fe012fc80039
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a likely intent to execute code, potentially to download and run a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/favufufonefelolu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/nawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krusomying.com/data/file/wopodojizawisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db738d18f38---refavizelixovinuwofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/xosorogatigepuguluwisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c0f3852e5---56497423071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/wejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/76378745175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namlongadc.vn/uploads/news/files/ditajopurodido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eptrrm621f2fp0igeuhbfgals/refomudopunexukido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/92680778081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/20090466703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/bexatujujifuguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/71405312618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4036568ac---mibipivesugupoxatadatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/buzirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5238a5becb41cbe72d323578bda1d0d/94824672458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021082517105394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765e1f8a1ae---46358317844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988ff65dbdf---foridajumukebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/vudurifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/fipavote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/gejagosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e57fb3c33d64b63a92b6359319d72a3d/nakawiguvobafedomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sabbath+school+lesson+4th+quarter+2017+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d91a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD91A 19052 bytes
SHA-256: 7bb7d28c83721f669ca305099c072ab7f032564ab79f01ffa450242f917e3a7c
font_01_sfnt_off000109b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B7 11592 bytes
SHA-256: 0f0bb1e265dd09cdb0f1e69712d3df8a3c903b7d7368adaf16a25ccffa38629c
font_02_sfnt_off00012505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1