Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bed93a5718678fbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-06-22 12:22:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 64f3b0a5169970ab18b202185d509386 SHA-1: 9b57adcbb683575e7f5d4f2bc0adcbabab805f48 SHA-256: bed93a5718678fbd02f21b7dac84fcc622174c79417ddea71cd38dd980ba68f1
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to an Android emulator, likely to trick users into downloading further malware or providing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9308

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 http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fulvh9kka3c78hjcbkft47hv4q/59048272385.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66fee7881c---pewezusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/suwedejavipogofuwexotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/97118857542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50ec33fbf11fa1b990fb0c99b55eb5b9/62107302489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bb7b69552dcf12977b887be83c65f18/18711510158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adaa1e9b88---fokuguputazofelisalelafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c82477235---wowipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqp5pk7teog68kps2cfvbgb5b1/26624071247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc101ee604---ketevavufafivunubavume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/kudinanawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3ff7fdeeffcceb91a0d7d20adf083d/86944946973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f458586a7a---85348396140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec5668eaa799ca9039fa2225994e137/2752204723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd1ab3c9fa---5817464882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/89100914666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=damon+ps2+pro+emulator+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0C 5316 bytes
SHA-256: 6382e8dcbef16ca51eed8fe673f591781f083f96f95022fc53dfa9ae23d2630e
font_01_sfnt_off0001010b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010B 20128 bytes
SHA-256: b1ffc9b2a9be0beae079c6c39932cae7d0b16c9db19f879ad0b3f54b52e10c7e