Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bec9635922ff7356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-06-06 06:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4e64a22fd5ced4bc1a54cd971aedb4fe SHA-1: b44525daf27f6074e5a6f8913851e1b484bbf229 SHA-256: bec9635922ff7356a9353298fa6a19b448dcfe83fa9951d586223a828f9f80d7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains keywords related to driver installation, indicating a lure for users seeking technical assistance. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+install+bluetooth+drivers+on+my+dell+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c054d30c4d---71345228816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/satr2js6qc7hphobssmfvhoil1/46971842096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090cc598b583---kapamireredunisusikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099da200175f---53120092081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80fde31f093245167f710699b4d8d81c/gevinakutuzevixobixivijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76cb38875c54fd69e54652841c6c837d/76984681409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/zirenetodebaviluwomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12312bb97519492fc1add7feb06f2e74/lezovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/58003827275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/54025100382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a6f14b260---girukekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95e7d8e6f3dea64cfd6ae7ff187fc11b/41519650600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851abfeffc9---60139629517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c5ca68c99---molevovegitibose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099790fab5a0---46392609122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file/%5C/kenolibetanixapapadiramud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5B 5500 bytes
SHA-256: 35134a8d49daf2c0c8fdf14643ec960ca1a82864906eebeb1ad28d287e7e242d
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFF 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 2c291649da422dcd1e2c5ac798ba52d6b87d655c0b4e7a320f0104e8f21063ab