Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bec500109126b14f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd24d605b791ab0062dac6fbacfab26a SHA-1: 12f6c00e9b50b3dd41c4d5fc2d2022f74c896f46 SHA-256: bec500109126b14f4019ee6693cf4f023821460f16940b567717d74600f024f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious activity, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript to facilitate the redirection to these compromised hosts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=st+mary%27s+sixth+form+college
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcag2e38914g1okht1lo1j85t6/tamopurinuvadi.pdf
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579jdlfl8ehh4jtf73l6en21uh/gadiliwapibubipikera.pdf
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20554969404.pdf
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/7108422416.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/871d1a28a6078ced7070272a99d623f2/fuzis.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921d3f63fd1---muwekilefu.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47c1869d10e41ddd663cce59ff1e425/70232999371.pdf
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5kepmhr6e8is830frblr3kbnn/ridaf.pdf
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/39891358289.pdf
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/43577327527.pdf
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/wivepapexokoxop.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f6aed662a436cf75c2c6b829a07891/66669145861.pdf
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66002978585.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809f00a035b---fipigubikudekeburama.pdf
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesejuririkakiso.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/zovesadezujikeso.pdf
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/dedus.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/doberiwatosikekumutupe.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/pivalog.pdf
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a15767e324c24af0a6c56291f7832f5/juraxute.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfd0581161---82647479459.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/texifegukeweb.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607439be70310---38050434427.pdf
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/20118507728.pdf
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumadaxopimilaze.pdf
    • 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_off0000c346.bin
c683e90827fd8be0e9ae20652147754d2794a086efa22d0c93d7c3620c10941b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC346 16648 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7e.bin
c5d9cc8cf49fe2d3567f890c75074a4a28e09bdb4adde87cb8d77498d8927ffa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7E 11004 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010827.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10827 16792 bytes