Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bebedb60830bf57e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:38:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 82175d3029f3ef33199291deb03fe025 SHA-1: ebf1fa2e8504e73c21902efdede96cf5fe2f553f SHA-256: bebedb60830bf57ea88224e212d50ad25ccf2dee9ba6e4448d9d380359d710f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=14+february+2020+day PDF link annotation
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08341e5cfacad2615ef56118b7f2d395/verelibopedexizujibimowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c6f2e46dc---40352416500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/fibugomifogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/josurajovewusuziwelaluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9cd42d571---14689733899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/74323426292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/xenabiroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45228189404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/rogawedezixixidulare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/bedikuwevazefebibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/jeninadilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/losilejofenuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budgetparking.ca/admin/uploads/file/jerojorajisagivewirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952fd1aeaaf---nesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d8ba120e1b373ef8b23626145cac23/77215485159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a0c9b85c4---patakonagulutovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95a645be7---83855981486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f85e34cd2ba2078dca1f59757a12cb2f/jotisuralizejozadefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/23826174670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/takejobadezimijanipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/94544958957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/bavowunuxejiresorijomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88768735823.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_off00010544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10544 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011d56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D56 17376 bytes
SHA-256: a4143290cf46d88a9efc6ab8fcd13445f13a34164530c6cb686336ece0aa268e
font_02_sfnt_off000149dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149DD 10348 bytes
SHA-256: f7ff0f654f76aebc5bf26366520f68620c5d49c7ed45fc829bb0e748c9abe9aa