Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bece51a7a378733e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 16:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e824179d0f0f6eaecb2091ecd06de7f6 SHA-1: fcd50b6585abb9749ab3f404ea0e103350b06f13 SHA-256: bece51a7a378733ec680aa40a89c9ca722817335dd937c9a86ce4d5237151c33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure, likely intended to lead users to malicious content or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://granitnet.hu/editor_up/45367259418.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/gutotuliwixagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradefze.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53546788906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/fivepirukilevuxineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/4188365167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21314818585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/60266226444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161362f1e40d2e---bamofonudodixirofokoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/pajidezugidotazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161564d8ee1766---gogafukuledonufiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wunorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/251204211454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shbaicun.com/userfiles/file/2021091117481973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/9068273800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161560885d760c---daxodizoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c3394a7ab8b074098a65bca7bd9d199/19882527541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolt.fo/public_html/userfiles/files/75284148546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovovyroba-nosniky.cz/UserFiles/File/21071238450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimvu.vn/uploads/files/kojofaxurovanuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/89908786033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokaichenyu.com/upload/files/1408639838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/jafijavejupirobesal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+zombie+survival+guide+summaryPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF5 19796 bytes
SHA-256: 5db72d7b0f65c0eba40182743f6ce41ea5e16a4512fdd3626e129edfac8fe9e2
font_01_sfnt_off00011365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11365 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 934b2953c8cf242deac73db882d72935058cf8508562d5434984deff5b9d904c
font_02_sfnt_off00012c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1