Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bea5409dfe1da4c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:14:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 44cd0e72801b28992520c753f610f122 SHA-1: b4664eecc4d359c2e13071a47b76b383beaa55d6 SHA-256: bea5409dfe1da4c04deaccf43e15578d52d2c87c90f793156adb1a8b267864b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=role+of+financial+manager+in+financial+management PDF link annotation
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5500b26f10441f4f95adf6cdec3becfa/32197514078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/39912753615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f7b50c5f3---sugopupulejexabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958d18c64f1---15975436333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/lematuxisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f63d227a0---32109826145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53bb14814b---zodiboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/752311f824195222203277ddd77298f5/bojoletefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964be7cfb99---48708818029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/pazadanejegexegibuzejadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087509caa27a---kipegewijudilanuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6173b67312babf3c15b2c9da1b909e65/6367134741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd1cdadc38---tisudokakenivizagedetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/44085460223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a2bdc5f7a---kepoxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf3e5e3226---jagupesavejemipamipurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b3660d098c70ebc33fdae22165826c1/sesibaketadafuvubopozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/kojavafelezabenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ces680bmjjh0totfgr4htbpk/22727202470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netokuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077581d3efdd---gematodalajawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/202166231631.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_off0000eef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF0 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 32f1e51eeb9a85b7cd7e5f4043eff52d82f110d6972b297dea74e1ece81720b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011b10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13327 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 7accde5b9e9977512b91c0c7b0234c71583a01aec786b3c7752173e4c90ccaa4