Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be9decb1202d0d53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8299732c61c1aeb204e118cb5d0e8e3a SHA-1: 45345884b1de8afd3cbd696fd4c46b91937d26dc SHA-256: be9decb1202d0d53c880c44232b455975217caf5f450218dfede26988beb1c8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61ae094a1e837c8023e55214166bc98e/55249903492.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/fuvimutefefuliwemip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/73981934405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70243052864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29b99c0dc7---sepekexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlrrlapbh2h1o4sb3uljnllrk3/80340304428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/tusamilufazoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210630_585653009D77814C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/novoripamemabonebufud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/buriwidexokemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/bapetoriraxuxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rc7narhdcjiub6j2c9fin3411k/10032802104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/bojukavujifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/87750974137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/vulojetogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa64f90408b---korigefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ccada76ab---96211916455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8079f1f616fb48e99177a5a50b831b80/dubunagofibepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/giduri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gintaras.cz/userfiles/file/jemokusolulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5ac1cbb15---27462795573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+get+cream+cheese+to+room+temperaturePDF 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_off0000c0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0BC 11012 bytes
SHA-256: f3581d59a129d01af412b281601502eefcbd53e3fe55ee231e03f1918a1b5189
font_01_sfnt_off0000da34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF246 15028 bytes
SHA-256: 62f4078240e6b244cdc7f138f4c329ba3716d5474e912abddb653ece646ae245