Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 beda5ee15735bd61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: e842c8c3fd1839de04df62e5acc7706a SHA-1: 766efecb39cb949401e1319befc827d89c4de53f SHA-256: beda5ee15735bd614abf8cb7c7b96c1d957dea2add0b9c5cdf457d3a2751a43d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious PDF files. The primary goal appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0e8770362---313579900.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ad8f71b6c---77413336758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/25412449915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/ravitukirupopojofufefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9108294bc1---mubixubefenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098858596d38---juzeraxowotelugedalozepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e01c4119852fefdb24aca74d7eaf7f5/99628208188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/gugasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7099fe1fa3564dc128e1f90af374c18a/72370720648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/43577041928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mns6kmhq4l3ovbktfe9096gne7/14009885394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2be60174e5414a339eb1b1dae2233258/19300082017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea3bc3adb9b19b490a8a7b888bcb812e/latodowunixowedolamitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b55104bc2f---83112255546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/54237034794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/na1pim588ek38m213fgvmi6jee/46180704001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjutak162g87nbvtc9gs1j7f4i/tuduvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a420a76ef---jolivizobusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074775c954c1---xanovisevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77515091b4---kuziwekepixofumowobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7961ca53a---86902853214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b91057081---28966713270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f42d199fa9---bigiresatejozibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b802cc10891bdc7e1793b85d01a2cc1a/vuwuvenazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb7c10a6a82---2507307219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7827aec8719194a74dfe56272a63f0ca/96301729217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/xawafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dead+space+aftermath+full+moviePDF 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_off0000eb24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB24 10948 bytes
SHA-256: a0f621809b4ac13cdc6e59e7e6f0785667f0071c4533ba8e8f54a56fb69473ae
font_01_sfnt_off00010488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10488 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 828b86333a49a282cb35a76f3a0e9709cbdad09e03484072eeb7c283c500f4ab
font_02_sfnt_off000131a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1