Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bee261637e026255…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5d39b3d8e8c08597f4b029df3052a733 SHA-1: 5130ea8541fd75898ac40b331bb54ee060e1bcd9 SHA-256: bee261637e0262554c3845c9ceb352da32f2b0a7bd8c9e95baef8f6595665492
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO spamming attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jh0vocgnqril45jp2sblu36s7b/bubavejuleven.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f26448d59---sufenobigiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/fidovifemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5c68c551ce44e79582eceff512a3c6f/gazelutiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57e8c819e14fa646692758166823a10d/93518541180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/41913746590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b236c5dae6f---xixevejaxosiwixodurokumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d94af8e696---2097697439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/18336078917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/ruxapazivugagelejute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/60697035895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888c7591249---62454405657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delshadian.com/public/userfiles/file/nolutekiruxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fbe3bf0d3---wejesizobunugarikipabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/davetikorove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4onh9gqum3d5hu5njvre1092ar/24882014833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75e27041f2dc3ee55fb9be8f939a08f7/72650888651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/degikatoxitumonimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/dubigoxazokabimizaxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2023bc2f51122247fa433d8e8487eae2/bejixuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94677bb396---jupifepakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq644k6dadul2q18nrga11mn83/sopuvewurebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8da4a92995---dipofawudemofibojitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35bbdea3a07622b1b8b3e0651d816d2d/savedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=amortization+calculator+monthly+paymentsPDF 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_off0000f91f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91F 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 92c1631ae3070573bead26e7d10d7afb728701b7b721ba15ed9dd1bc75ca9fd6
font_01_sfnt_off0001287b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 92212edd650f8bac98a838822f6c366c20f64b49338c696860753b13d2f8bec8
font_02_sfnt_off00014196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14196 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1