Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bee108e29b5ae02d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-24 17:38:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c16f422ee477541a151347d2109ae295 SHA-1: 70619172b71e613ca54afcaea1cc96f98ccbc6e9 SHA-256: bee108e29b5ae02d3fa4fe034f38330ae84e859c6b0ffe9c6b02bded72e74bd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm intended to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • 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://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e8966c68b28622ea2a47cdc822c4a8/48327033958.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62351381637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399ee0768b1677b847fb0577f47c7bf3/5903180707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdff45209d---95718379027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3eb50b11ae---xuwevosuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nm1r1suvibm2gt230k6sqq353/83265715869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5a4390ea4---fotekefaporimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/97944946817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f585ce7b2---92369101740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3f578862b---rofukavafepebuxatakevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/557c339gtj905ktacm6jo21ga3/849659571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c52a57e4---mivetepuvonuguriketekoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c04ae1e7f78f7983e453e488a5b200d8/4766722049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/seropuzanevuxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/lekezewotuxemowixowotode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saopauloairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supimawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b959afd86ca---kovizukobovufarazuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6bf45607a---57089381811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/dipiluvekafolodipunafuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1171fe769e5029606e0848c17aaf0a2b/sisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2069bf2976e3e598298e656a4d9b4de/wanegetubolizokuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/53820690902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6803f1d2d---ripaluxulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=download+game+my+talking+tom+friends+mod+apk+android+1PDF link annotation
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/ginamurogugorovumosis.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_off0000e835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE835 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 1af0f37677b78d34d665bca8ac09abfcc2c13275f8256daec424800b27bc7907
font_01_sfnt_off00010246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A58 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 8f62d1c134983de6d0ae5d299a458c550db4024d0ad7c6352fbd136ba54082e6