Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 beff63bade3a16b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 22:06:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e52e1c3fabb074b0f5ea87c6f277072e SHA-1: 906562719bcd7dae849f1bd14557ec3b319bcc67 SHA-256: beff63bade3a16b80058f68a9768dd1410f304df77069dbc29de832b588fccd0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of PDF URI heuristics and compromised CMS upload links strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lilekerafedenituvuronajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145da08b7172---94217967326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b286e6dfe9---13958593529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148bc05d3014---21722141898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b7561122262917007604cfa2480152/79143643598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpfish.com.taipei/archive/upload/files/15546968415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/lajizoguxobijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakepijoxubawuzavopijese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongshengcable.com/images/upload/File/90790993535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/zokakijijibijokira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/kutesujaduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b765283664dc5284ff4dd37940cc6c/26716014196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/pukuvuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/89347552449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbirozskepodzamci.cz/userfiles/31183581160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamones-luna.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somukenupugamavitezikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/nuvasigibenufuxoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96705977707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefupipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/48695345038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/78642923787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161431035961c4---voxirunodewupovapizetisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=conference+call+on+botimPDF 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_off0000def1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF1 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 2fa8c22270ec7c55e68c2d501d367cbd018652c7f8186d42bdab9623cf984ba0
font_01_sfnt_off00010a2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2E 10500 bytes
SHA-256: dfd12a53277c9e9c3a7c3f94c4551cde7b4593c4048cc9033f3417ada67220ca
font_02_sfnt_off00012213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12213 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1