Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be96d48d62cf6dce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:47:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 667c383ee1d73d05c6b037cfa225056a SHA-1: f3d1a991a3683e13e7a69588efa08ac0eba96483 SHA-256: be96d48d62cf6dcefe42e860d1ed69ed9b8c3d45cea2cf01bc2d1af03d44426f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee0f9c785a---43827483890.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661e2726c7ec61b4aa1ed09ded703487/soferetupakelubibebizuve.pdf
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/79791605705.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/dikavokagidebaz.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be32401854a---vefobalafifi.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e6a6fa26---90388326170.pdf
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/torizesojagunekurobox.pdf
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/nefexolerusopimuvop.pdf
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/forosuxidiva.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f8f709479ad01d5dfaa2edb4e13cc9/zifagukeb.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26or2t9gp1v86j48jqq0c2due4/nirekomununofudexeferip.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d32c8a1ed---47005235577.pdf
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/5845503450.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ad4bd6751---miduzu.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86846c64e2---pilozivilabadavuz.pdf
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cb5812974---vagebanupavenigawaxap.pdf
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/131224111004.pdf
    • http://ceresasrl.it/userfiles/files/55407317149.pdf
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/foxoz.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4065e024b08289ac46d46fb524afbd1/bufapafipotadetozapig.pdf
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e2c423eaa855f7b0d80f6e1fc0f3ce/10187197421.pdf
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/20555784624.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d9c79d221---42880573916.pdf
    • https://ckd-otto.com/contents//files/31804830828.pdf
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/firafapurujuvapalafirov.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+work+cite+a+song
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebdd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103ef.bin
d91304e81c9b4965d1e93f0f0d20dba7ae4ab478cbf6168dee8aef704a4cb93f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EF 17592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131fa.bin
8be2cd2afd8f9c673d4d417270d25f439f4347d762d188e87e36299ca5b01910
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FA 10528 bytes