Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be5b84786c266428…

MALICIOUS

PDF

149.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:31:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 02d7c0380a5f321e1bbf7a5ae6b2a324 SHA-1: 1e8873d7ffe1bd830b480e1a669c103219260760 SHA-256: be5b84786c2664288d2efd5bfcd29a284f9594d8a733b30d926fcac05fb10b8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, indicating a multi-stage redirection or download process. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dcimx.com/files/35549346074.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cb3e4537b---nobojafoxasedapidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fadd9b9c65205241d9df0cdc25d84695/78408581136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gialtour.it/themes/userfiles//files/reluriwopovipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaaaad00504---xojomov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e93d33199---fubijudatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a305eb3b89f---tiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/zobejazefiwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l2ij95mrc06ieavb09u6uc5os/rukuzizasikutubotaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b16db6bc3---45618141692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae84246498e---lukukoxametakizebudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10c698d30386653cf4fef5c3261c09e2/53467479749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dlio90rpck3am37oja277u5sa/zapezitasezerexibalenoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/8287876870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/4225352476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c981bc82ddc0181ccb37f390c4aafbc/13941217472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/vudopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nd9fo48m6at9s5i8da2gn2st7/xatexiwokepusefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5bad1a4ed---62163964659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af48eff7282ba18d13e6f8c75d05806/33699365717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd47d119eee10c648651d7083c790c59/piguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8p1vr6756o3605q4blvntgsot/kenavexejiwemenirafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=it+is+a+fine+and+elegant+handwoven+fabric+that+is+produced+from+the+fibers+of+pineapple+plantsPDF 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_off0001e09a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E09A 19504 bytes
SHA-256: aa5a3e67b6e6455506b7fc4bdcfdd14bbe6562f6a85df657d4a37e4bc04d5989
font_01_sfnt_off000213ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x213FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00022c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22C16 11408 bytes
SHA-256: 0bdb64a9f8a1f79ca2fc065778d788d8a92a51e165251f557c3e1adb0dd1ebed