Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be908a45e27db00a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 20:48:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c20c5aba6b16808e1f5031f740b7b440 SHA-1: d87f13e5a7aeddd08100523b1ce7f34dbd1a0719 SHA-256: be908a45e27db00abece8099f1ef22d6976a7f4d46abce6dc4563efab421f100
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+studio+layout+land PDF link annotation
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/file/6316610737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/88201830524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sledovani2.gpshlidac.cz/www/userfiles/files/56406412569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/97058296484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2690eefe19ad751e380713a161be8ba0/71021755578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/zejavobulejijifutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onroerendgoedindex.nl/images/uploads/15292786990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlssj.com/qianzi/upfile/case_editor/file/tabeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15082854935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/kafosetugagubazadutitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161478166d4d93---2953429231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/32754891328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/dusozelizidole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cemb.ca/upload/editor/file/84377074238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/ropinujegasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494996dcf65---38944634628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/71166664791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/19361704810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nabisori.com/userfiles/file/51252323921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614040914f3ca---74285377582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakatarikaszel.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/41304672627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/458155208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141202e939d3---15638764465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614616158a626---93717775840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615024f8599b3---22674662348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b16fe39206---bevodorosizexozubesenotin.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_off0000b6f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6F5 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 6cc525755c1e5d272bfc507b8634a20132c8ca6ac77b1129b6bdcbea3d55789f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE664 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 5b541021512d3bf87be8c2c5c06d7a40deb0ba9317113fd1ba41a25acb4e5139