Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bec63db5017aa62e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.1 KB Created: 2021-06-12 16:42:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 3a21cf22bdcbd03db85b918f0a71fea9 SHA-1: 54a8ad4385921b8376b9da6c4f3d5b26ed14d461 SHA-256: bec63db5017aa62e1dd5a438b6c3089224d9d3d531ce5f115eb7e668c95052b8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded content, though heavily obfuscated, likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8570

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gold+spot+share+price PDF link annotation
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae6bf6b20a33a35cd4bb3dcfdb10b6d/43055319607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809d694f219---fejerinemapamisopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af7cd6f99f---vofokekesevivalufosujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f8184484c756d88bc3fa4ffe99dbc7f/gasowewalaxenasitodisawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16222449726557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d86713f79a0091f9191d6624dcdd45/18705988277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/18744328830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd154922a8---35713330492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de268b8431e832f5f0ea9577dac723e/93998277609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27b5524e73---53618332885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/32723755867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17840dca80---jidelafatimuxixinorusisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u3fj3hqorqbsotvuqa66jju05a/piresofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/78724373223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/bexikodawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD54 5192 bytes
SHA-256: 6a5119de9ffdd9eb368a34a924f9ce6bc3cd5c81d9b0beaf33a5ae66088372db