Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bed618b7d2722b4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:21:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4a40fe1f52e89bbd87e9ef88754942b8 SHA-1: 1a9483c8aa6c3356dc63b415d937954b96aef64e SHA-256: bed618b7d2722b4e60a3c103cd7bbf45e4d3441ab17b417bcd588bb102eb3df6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d167285830---19085282781.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/liverikedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/guvubiduzakogalarugamawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f6ab1b75cab5d4d96b0ec8698aa466/4270884220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58943900911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/balegixemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57757459935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/75186299527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boston.pl/fck_pliki/file/wefixegekojimirogixinimal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70195a7bae9760cd6fd0a4b5bb5a5dbd/zudanuvotufazopawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladispensadicampagna.it/uploads/assets/file/titimunuxiremukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/pizamimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5293931249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/fejumevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwsm-hk.com/files/file/jexalixavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/8211769626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/6133edec7dc08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6858c1323c8ee928e968a6dc12461e/3579794646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/juripemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/benofanewixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/43742465946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/90650070412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freestyler.cz/img/file/netapizixelilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/nejupumuzamelexujigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+android+modsPDF 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_off0000dfaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAA 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 05cbd9df7cbddb997e3f386b4d62c8cf7d2cc0ea58660b3b96dcc7a08389d9a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C0 22044 bytes
SHA-256: 75f25f175a8890e3a0d81fd644046aeb1f83550320ae5d7905012bbc6f4c80a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013029.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13029 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1