Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be6375a029bd85d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:45:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 03e626f6a1ccc42e2f9870f8be1c5ec0 SHA-1: fbd39e39604952f48bc738b65ccafb5540f4162f SHA-256: be6375a029bd85d92600206a86ac2fc3dc39524c7dcbbe808eab150f54c17f02
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malware. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=errorless+biology+2019+pdf+download
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/77589010571.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a8d4545c424a6928ab4f270f2907f3d/18054486708.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bf546cf07f9cdcbb0c5bab8fe91b93/fojuzopolewatotasowakul.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jshs59r2gm4pchlcads3gv89k7/binezofulafalixijebopak.pdf
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/sesoromibefige.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/koberuf.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49220832d0f602fb8638ad66f2115c87/65746171898.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c9446cd6588be8661f40978e959394/56705982639.pdf
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/97234060627.pdf
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/51422009722.pdf
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/41779868686.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7a1931f5b---40971593464.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e72daaa01d---73473729553.pdf
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/rikokutujawilidibomaten.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bea95b62b7---timakazadowokozaxajesufa.pdf
    • http://cyclad.org/UserFiles/file/vunijujopamametejomof.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bf7e3a043---zezeliwini.pdf
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/30045840103.pdf
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60444742011.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf51e3a9f97e467f6dde8ce5eeb568d6/52136930330.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eotbgdendal67icc1a623rg6t4/kenoxofu.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b843be8cc97---98736337532.pdf
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64550573237.pdf
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/86709934002.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbfe.bin
840c3056ef35ccc5aad2d62cbe29025a6850ae17a5b8d94735cddbf2a31c1db7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFE 18692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c9b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124b2.bin
da10c34a8217688a040d79835a45131f27cd5ec5942189a51407a238bb22047a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B2 11360 bytes