Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be895e6b68792a4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:14:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e10df07a6914b804891492de91fd8104 SHA-1: da9ec920887318094ce233816f8e9e7826bf5743 SHA-256: be895e6b68792a4cc0ee6955b058f56a836093504242e444771b3845d43cfbf1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised or suspicious URLs is the primary indicator of the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://gopherscopes.com/userfiles/file/zowadakasumesuze.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3ae6e4021---9577140125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellibeninca.com/images/file/dalikuxedofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab828feba0fbe0909fae695c95ba548/13100084325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emaaravm.net/upload/files/vufifirovabixenele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/40149627601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/puseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebammenglueck.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofemaxuxurufune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodurenizeguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dc6370c9d---20762598815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6726236105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/gufefupapilebelixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hahapediatric.com/uploads/files/202109081554411466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93970a91ba5d1120bb1fc4ec99419740/48070438701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualityroofinnandsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/40263877250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/61068486663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/57978758744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143bfe8b8477---miralizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449d1a35cfa---zefefelabuvirolonofosej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/ruriduxapapinepovefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/37191648477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210910232252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///97766122090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/xedajuvurepanuruwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161383927645c6---80314581960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hunters+2+androidPDF 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_off0000c75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75C 20836 bytes
SHA-256: 8e38be1a094cc4406b19b1a234c96d2d24d3eecbe08b50df48f80354446de8e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4C 10408 bytes
SHA-256: e328687dbd9cd3ae393a105703db9a690f176b5be17843a670f8cbaf93f9b409
font_02_sfnt_off0001140b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1140B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1