Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be7412fe6a0a24e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:19:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 11167005094fcaf79fab0848150d5fb6 SHA-1: bec736738a1882556e11fcacc973ad76444d9c1d SHA-256: be7412fe6a0a24e3a9c46e226f89a48c817ef90bda9384e4fab1722e1fc345d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The primary lure appears to be a 'payroll withholding form' which redirects to a link farm designed to host further malicious documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=payroll+withholding+form PDF link annotation
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07119e9af17d07023e56d3eba655d3a1/10766095745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885u932gtlfjne59o1b65014r4/27790209787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/vudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32379055437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/zapiwerulupidakugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/zibadajunojiziwetabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/selovifizimegenuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113fe78ce5aa---92658501077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/xedodepibiguvanupufeduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adas-muko.pl/photo/file/19720492311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27200902460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/24417799262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a187b128d9c---66759273400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1de37ecbaef9251bb3eea1bdd3b2d905/95817286226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/gagixorixawupelefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbianninh188.com/uploads/files/gojomitozibimuwuzopiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/ladisoxedazaxodafiwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/43718623540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifotetawoxazedawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/22565026460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5df9e78ed---wemanajefadugififosoloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c87e395db1733c42e433246cac1bdee/56688628033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqcieq67n2fiqre3n9a8otl21g/ferozadupitebovive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/14698013546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8fdf94f5b3---vidolufik.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_off0000c237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC237 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4E 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 2f5424fb5ab6e337384dc77e1663fc8ce9308769d8e22fd020972c5cb242ed4d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF274 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 5944b13416d9a3e9dff5b38ec69dc52ed93a010f0cd20d74de3752ad7370dbac