Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be786a582fd1f9c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-10-07 05:18:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a6a2a6e55d9eb14a833b9fb6a9abd2b7 SHA-1: 4fde2e2b0a87857eb3c39ae33250ddc41e9cdf0f SHA-256: be786a582fd1f9c2518e1ec5baa21e02f58c9ac6b2487c33c4bffb557ab5616b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to obfuscate the malicious links or perform further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/vajur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/xupevofada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinist.store/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/jelelujeboselaboxularo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/rewenezofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/10474612613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovakurotepemekudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ana-jsc.com/upload/files/76514790177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85119817429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/rapewokedulivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/19956753352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6291dad814fab07817c06a01801c9f7d/piwanuvibibiwixadomuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/88820202572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mupagiveben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/68247083390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/mesofilewobuduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/jadetezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/dogiwitoxemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/72101521917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk7e5clsqbp7j5i50fmqt2pptc/rofuzajijokiwomugupubuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48462603079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovecollection.com/royal/admin/images/products/file/86357216114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe35a085537ebda8f4911badf06e259b/simaduvugise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3996338050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cermak-expo.cz/data/files/file/jekozimitutadenusepemeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f29983bd2b---fajidowimilisutixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=take+out+a+loan+meaningPDF 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_off0000d661.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD661 18368 bytes
SHA-256: a240861ac0adf19642910f43713d78023825249d2b1c5359d0f68817c6b13623
font_01_sfnt_off00010666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10666 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 03713d3fba79e789a41d503031b37121e0a0f67990fd51d55ba16812f6ddfd0d
font_02_sfnt_off00011db7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1