Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 befa745cd5fd5a4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:28:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 76cdb711387dc450c2f9af0a3c5b040b SHA-1: 90a6feb6f7d3e0e9104daba80418532bb6c94806 SHA-256: befa745cd5fd5a4a31a4aec868c958e22e17ca89d6e7b2e1b6ff47461974ef29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a deliberate attempt to create a link farm on potentially malicious infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=keyword+surfer+extension+for+chrome PDF link annotation
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d574d96ca8---gebagexabevobarimazife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613569a8cf686---tizosumotipiwemironuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/76777599652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/42027267895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edmunditemissions.aboutgiving.net/sites/default/files/editor/file/xebeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losirekuzokivakikuparabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/muzero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2e94457fb486cf92b6e605d0d1ae03/94088924103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/35551962088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/40803157076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/ruvinubotexavago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1720c1920---12001088485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrix-corporation.com/upfiles/editor/files/tevofepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-keber.de/images/file/28033647862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zd-zeta.com/uploads/files/202109082222075037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nikonajewobadubavanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/500586756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomando.bomsolar.com/uploadfiles/files/kalisavupunaxojejopitedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni0m0h29mdv8dush7e8pke8e8g/bimeziwetevugibuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/pimivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-himki.ru/upload_picture/file/35736585352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialsupplies.pk/userfiles/files/31273843793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zh-huaxun.com/uploadfiles/files/20509148709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49672946176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/76436851641.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_off0000db6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6A 10924 bytes
SHA-256: ed82612f4561fdb9aa1cdd8e61342c348dafac377d8f4ae4d481d2812549de67
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB5 19296 bytes
SHA-256: 14e42331ba73fde62a3fd87aa200ae18482178cdf5007bd3943ac314345a3254