Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bea4619ab870707e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 18:56:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da7c29095ecb3cbf346cea79cd7b29ec SHA-1: 917f0d37f6584c5aba4dc5ad9906e41f0ef27403 SHA-256: bea4619ab870707ecc0f7b09e5dcb1c0d18c6a61234ff61c2e2df90e49a52901
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content, while the link farm serves as a lure or a method to obscure the final destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qljkdk2dcn6j0053jbis1dq1o3/25497434430.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/wezizekizegulufojopovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/fitowesusidirolozunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095740092b61---56533657363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e6d3afe23---bavunewoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitefamilyreunion2020.org/clients/4/4c/4c64578d40ee165aaf486c9a1ef3309b/File/90070414208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/poziti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3e6be2f1b8---28706948835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/vorebojabudoviwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072814bce665---kagubaviwijipukuzikabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7561faa603---39333817501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/66973684951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c6d8962a6---zavosaledenulere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390291a22c2f0f10c4c8825abc6d8920/23096058333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1b6e17663d1d3dac4e08cb2fac6912/pisafozolizelomavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9f75360fe---meserux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/puxifodumiruzisasanur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakabixiwerotedatizazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c0740fd8ce094022ecb556bb4b2329c/69123942700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9811157a4e0f59cd8f46ab0ef772e7b/1142487486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqs7t4koj9frlraov333k3sb14/sepiponolezajetuzidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/99477885561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/kuveto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=coast+guard+helicopterPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1d9754d09---18109323177.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_off0000e99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99B 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 5462b28f3f2bc7af720a998eb56a6ab7e672ed7330a0f40cd242af6654ab3594
font_01_sfnt_off00010285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10285 17172 bytes
SHA-256: b0de108ce9d16b8872495b9f6fd7bfee07f879c94f3230d3ff48f1eb516cb906
font_02_sfnt_off00012f27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1