Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bead01a777fe45df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 15:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 27cefe219262b2646efb4023c88f0cd6 SHA-1: 41e3a88ed106a15cf108fa75693bd4965633d968 SHA-256: bead01a777fe45df6a2593d69a5c801ef56a6ac3a00a68888be587c9c3705b81
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext, and the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate the malicious redirection or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082402a703d5---gaxemududobebuweleli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adb35c6e9f868b975ea0c7752022a5bf/61991270590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/27927895103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/50055583237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/3519104839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210702234758631768y8u06l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/58814238271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/95991097711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91688086351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/77747543069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807b678d662---80976691695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/030619241834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7852c59be04d4648e373d566c7af005d/ruxefiporuxupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/89592932367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/47068776768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb1365a2a7---petegubezojekovulazujunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5256ee5b01d1beb5793acd4500e9c951/75584050637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/99960419371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/kezilexoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/milewudiwesofutazazuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/jomipefirubejosep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdc0df959e869d34e3c28d1171f45a89/97748646544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ed7d2526c---bilofopobabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/forofezulise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=grandfathering+price+list+nsePDF 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_off0000e90f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10121 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 03b6a53d87e780487afcb439b6ce90ac04270b5270774dd4349134c340e72c86
font_02_sfnt_off00012de0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE0 10816 bytes
SHA-256: dacbd16c153c095cd75ed88a7f470e04e4d637f499287ebf0ab1b57a199cf8fe