Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be6d6fff5e948b9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 17:03:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 490d132f82a08312e3f725fe2a274e00 SHA-1: aa21e4bb96971fc9eb59e5192899f77e17ea2fb2 SHA-256: be6d6fff5e948b9a5e627c0593158c6a999199f3b25a66d4e655e9d33021d448
196 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 contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware or phishing content. The presence of these links, combined with the PDF structure, points towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=standing+seam+metal+roof+over+shingles PDF link annotation
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/bodirepunogadabupopexiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210523011341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/natoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wish-pharma.com/upload/files/bumago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0515758cf2---20440150537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766f48eafbf---vitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7cae856e2---redibatokugejobabokulifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609499a3ba3fd---solulufulanarojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/556ede012140b2e6219f745ed6d65446/getotoporilevizemolexufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xindeshiye.com/uploadfile/file///2021080803345875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realloans.com/clients/73966/File/10901769442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1966reunion.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8f1639ee69cd7806809ed3bcda9bb/File/39037225026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/57054440435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thainightjob.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasevubasusaxaxonojefibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onbq947rbiv7hctrgo288rd9jn/davupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba04b010cd0730f10eb695d9c71e9216/ravewoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4darchitecture.org/img/all/genadok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/fuwaxiposapedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/54440123888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bafesovogizakexedazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/tedagusuxutofusulofujufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d67a09bc183---21891051660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/zipebogorole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/45225249664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7aeecf1b27---34862183724.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_off0000db3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF352 10944 bytes
SHA-256: deed31c8328873bdfae20652f6a249aa62592c343a9326cd6a14f9935767bf9d
font_02_sfnt_off00010c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C40 17796 bytes
SHA-256: b20bfbfb61f3283fe48595e33beaaae74a9192eeb6c6de2f4514dce46de91577