Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bed1de90989278f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9ae65963d1095d83df72224b639cbe09 SHA-1: 848739f0ebeeef6e790cbd8feb5ec4f7bc3cf0a8 SHA-256: bed1de90989278f5eee894fa11075bda9668bb5c41a5ed827a5e79b879de8862
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially leading to credential harvesting or malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=checkers+board+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c752c75eeea---94332776611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/nolikedakuwikagowop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1deu3gi2itba1vrrjfn56phcr3/2370550266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88h6205kup6oc7l4063ah5jev0/1858307495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1d85c50a7---fototedufupodezofiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/72087632516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/tumijevoboges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/wibivoxasufezopavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79866846732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2a057134e---tajopigiloxulunevubadasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/katamafagirijokonajuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5b65a18a3---79967711857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/8965234930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/97876280855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ad1db198fd10dbd2d3a67dc029a292/lifiluromivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/45342538435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/72230264181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/riguxela.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_off0000f7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11008 10632 bytes
SHA-256: c827bdacc7d7f5b12753c81d190eb7f410f3afac1c8c06b22a99c700b7a8b8d2
font_02_sfnt_off00012843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12843 17492 bytes
SHA-256: da021285a31671c8cc4e882bdee9e57e71d069ffbbccc9411905e019fe4a6419