Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be5de854467d24a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 18:27:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8cd005de7b4e35911a0706ac149729cd SHA-1: 0115f3435b5ec9f635926072920b6dde4ed451b5 SHA-256: be5de854467d24a4ec9a5711f9e68158153e6d3fa17a5bca9f9fc82221fee983
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead the user to a credential harvesting or malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347367a3ffb---36668926591.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/12479012887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rainbowfurnitures.com/files/files/26776759851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/73541188186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f031c4a768---48582060058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/taxinibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/25644596878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/46543687567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akvatoria.by/UserFiles/files/neguligegidizidinarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14615239507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/5954367370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyczgj.com/UploadFiles/file///2021091801494815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/digalakobijipomememav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronnicy.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukaletakozosepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136687ca15c7---1610135788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/posidexirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8568867106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedinodanosun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confeccionesruiz.cl/UserFiles/File/21288575493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+compressor+software+for+windows+7PDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/39340585199.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_off0000ae1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC631 10872 bytes
SHA-256: a0072e95d8cead12330ec5c779c5997cb517833c7640aae6eb9a2763757c3124
font_02_sfnt_off0000df6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6C 14308 bytes
SHA-256: 2a137427b9721584f5a3b96ae7eae3e439cdb9cb41fee1a477488b97a2bc0e99