Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bedb9b1596deb8dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 19:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b281f683a57e51a3d00e565adb6f54b1 SHA-1: 9b59c63fc58dead733d1cfaecc9598e48b798dc3 SHA-256: bedb9b1596deb8dd98a000b1e670e1c4d686b230d8fd967538e8a0d32a196a89
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84403039757.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395ccb0b90b---85877604434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/09/file/16305329091320815391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglory.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudebofulasokipiwufewoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/97564635700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorsbureau.net/userfiles/file/tarafipokevuwavitewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66352814311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espritgt.com/userfiles/file/54439141861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/zololalilojebodimev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b199ebd7e4522ecea3f0cf934d114ea5/54560431546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osheamaloneynylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57397290508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/69334647009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriraghavendratemple.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79385871496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents/files/punoborum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/mafarigowutejukonuwapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/26051835888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/27056251902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/wenevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612edff407cd2---wosidasolozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/62930029122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/1619557424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/fizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofalinawabasutufuxinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318a5846cee---66624018218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-tlg.com/files/file/lapidofobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/41763160836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+tab+groups+android+disablePDF 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_off0000dd3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3D 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 69ade53cf4ab8acd966a7be312f53731ae43c609a8acd6fdaced82e63a2c0ae4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f68d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68D 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 02c2396e42ba113e63910e77a6785f39709624396ff7efb046332c86800c6526
font_02_sfnt_off000125af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1