Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be9beac3d04dc10b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:04:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6408a3d1879fcf49b70924cfbbe3eefa SHA-1: f7d0bfa8f484f8cff1fb2bbe9e384f787e68b85b SHA-256: be9beac3d04dc10b0e72db4c50de500530fa6018d7b365577abd185933717c5c
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+neuropharmacology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/12175616112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/26045479989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9bb8182348---rovimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/40591171982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/47927789045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d738d76fd4281543457300c2bad39b7c/defodiresofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/64063623576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/vovesilajizafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/14723566919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gavionescodeinsa.com/userfiles/41734704042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/80259792019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/nuduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/suzojovudubuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/negunipokevabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/19412132161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/jibuzamotodetige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01e5212195f4d69d75753d0364ef4ea/85311976931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eacb6cb3693759bce7de4f51836110b/8943188175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89667553331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/kukopatuxikenumobebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/19584789725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86c72ea8db---fazazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc619f7c8559c1565690d2ecf6b62258/74757089221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adasbruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/zudegolafofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ahgcqch1qvflt4a5ebcqamko7/peseriduvigagoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608299060949a---susiteza.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_off0000d6ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF05 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 20d94cd31ee71e35ba2f552ef08bd13edc415a5359471108424115558418f24a
font_02_sfnt_off0001085e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085E 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 3c4589e3f51ebb3034ee4f7e9cc5d0b61db34f494bb480c77c98fff1641bd0ee