Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bea829d94f4214bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 19:06:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f8d6b60e19899ea53ec5ec19fabfd915 SHA-1: e8b93081366acdc66ccdeba46412840474812997 SHA-256: bea829d94f4214bb9b36dc58f64acb71c7c9e167eaac4232fa9bf96e96f83202
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also includes numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=funny+romantic+urdu+novel+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cd8d7cf81---mewemuripixatimaradas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb6f1bc763---lumulurepipiperodibovuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f0e3d98c74f9a4e07c3151226d3a4be/rodufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/jolijasawukomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27ed62ce90---59939805092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74880358358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/mewuvisudofaguzitomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/56460047596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moawin.org/editorfiles/userfiles/files/93478601046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ja1sj0d5tp4bg3clufmujubrr1/24674227103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6412256bf60a207a8f7e202b1cd14118/jatajesifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/55399588044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julunovarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753ee7cddbb---32145067682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610020fe7bd5a---42193052413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c052a12d15---fapamovudomuwekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/75143232002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e859304628fc63fae368ae858a476ee/22660827405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/44628130481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe063a266b---kasefaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31009652164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tisuputih.com/contents//files/11551028799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c7f6b5270---garupitusori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/68304689877.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off000139bb.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x139BB 25176 bytes
SHA-256: b297b85b96995fd8424277e3339761bf0142367a94e03b383fe4aae9d50d9217
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4E 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 593929a365d1f4535335a338ce379acbc2e42ba242ad53e43e264a1fe2cc7a11
font_01_sfnt_off00010831.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10831 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12048 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 4bec7ed54f25a23655e450f63961095e69a1a5d1a1b8146c0a5763faf604cdd5