Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bef80a3d40c1fd32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 22:14:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 99f1fd03009fe7b109bed62879aae2e5 SHA-1: 337cddb11d0ea6fc7e9c5ae640689fefae603b77 SHA-256: bef80a3d40c1fd32d3fa2fe6e498c3fc6dc326aae8580a866018b2ecd303cb3a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users into clicking links that lead to phishing pages or malware downloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of JavaScript and numerous external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://villadorottya.hu/uploads/frontend/files/96736135515.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stagticket.com/fck_upload/file/jatowajefininesuduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613451a45801c---mowetiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/20375004412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/pozidejejirezatamoxokuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/64113917521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210907_021840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021090305433973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/kosetotiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toitureetfacade.fr/data/Files/manapirikeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/jasetotisutiladefajula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckysurface.itweald.com/uploads/files/6138377610da8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/visiranedowagojajikozozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/rejefekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hqshop24.com/userfiles/file/xekezutipixagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316c920bdf4---nikofisibavoxuredazorej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franceplus.fr/userfiles/file/gupode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/10669004157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafconsulting.pl/Upload/file/bizaduzedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161478848eb14b---14414134424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/fozelikawajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144574b4020c---55949931033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0bd39e2daf1327af554cb5fd372aa16/dudefogureridezofodetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/8582412102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161457152944a1---vakakotunipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=manaphy+pokemon+mystery+dungeonPDF 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_off0000b4b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4B6 14100 bytes
SHA-256: 412755b9e5a1bad89a00a7ee72bd5f6735968f361d46f0c8edd838a89dc503fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76E 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 44e68ed3bc2f307f62174038cf59f4a92f41f4e2a1e439b4db2e95f7df3ab6bc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1