Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bef0ee71e5caeda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:17:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3c7ac4c5a3b3528428dc3a4a869b82ed SHA-1: b609736e89929554ce3945f5977c21c216c004e9 SHA-256: bef0ee71e5caeda8a9aba5862d27dfd94a590779e3269cb57cb775d02e495da9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on disposable or compromised domains, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/fixugabegobesaxaxuzur.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinowexafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukuxubakunoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjanzee.nl/file/wuzagekosazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/debalika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/woxegimibiwupejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itscebu.com/upload/file/20210913051958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b77f89483---nejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32128948561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/perejalulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khachsan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/42529649519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26490859967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/raninisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelsenator.com/userimages/gagudawomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f316693999---nikufabuzemoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/muwebanixamemevisimiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/nokimedunefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8d7506d69---11474166511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d496a014e8---bajetodefazivuxidefigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab76a8e0b4b77d199c65897b537b4a3d/63088685348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/vedutisiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tuwumemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/nutaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/dabagadovadawuvepofadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=simulador+de+android+para+pc+fracoPDF 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_off0000afa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA3 14320 bytes
SHA-256: 33173f15eb50ba09b3679c89971b671bdb1f21fb7c0934d90b3d66a811b1ca93
font_01_sfnt_off0000d351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD351 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB68 10692 bytes
SHA-256: a53971213eb080b02c4fc5cbc0801ec7fbfb524deaf5c56feeaa35de37713ae1