Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 beb30ae60c1b9d73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 10:47:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e20b70017093ea488a0bca908ff0bc73 SHA-1: ebacb301efd0f3d9d966727befb9b011e224bfff SHA-256: beb30ae60c1b9d730722580b1dbe9b555cf816a68e1e43577ebbab13e261cf82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971a518124349d62cb4d3a54792d1bff/mefisinebu.pdf
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61396604548.pdf
    • http://alvirne88.com/clients/71477/File/32613368214.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c60db41932---zakimisejolelerolowene.pdf
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/ruzubexuse.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5eb9bb278b9b41201bf84cd259cb2bb/fatomokekigapotew.pdf
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/jevaxixetelugux.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e67b1a000---90187258677.pdf
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denivebe.pdf
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4d157019a---47849972009.pdf
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lafonetupobuparaxixubeti.pdf
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rinb7dqrkjfqnbdut16aq1lihe/felumevoxipoxatorej.pdf
    • https://slaterlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8508e53000c23d73684d386ab15b27b/wunowawufejozajovi.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ffdea3373---muvijo.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2830b67547---68367493303.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07a501e148a4d93213e714c6582136c/zijevulojumasopemorajuxuw.pdf
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/14307034422.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe0c074e37---zeteziloxiroraj.pdf
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/150f17cfdfb90151673c141f36a85ffd/30733018473.pdf
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/gobuvadokajokuba.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+closure+letter
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da05.bin
b24ee08e17e43ac7d50036549916816a778bd9dfb63e2218fcfb0cfcabe50522
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA05 10132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d9.bin
d20b121f4777209a11f43564ed46b3aa86b16c5d7710f355446dc45da56986a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D9 16896 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c8d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C8D 16792 bytes