Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 064c0280fa62d284…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:52:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 62d42bb92a9f71bbb8099be125c41f00 SHA-1: 858a664173fc8f78e6b58e876831ce7ed778efa1 SHA-256: 064c0280fa62d28450fe9c69b6db938c5bd9fd978ee626cfdb5c1beecccb6358
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/lopofunasisukijidumobinon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/duwibunujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076155e24c3b---63943841196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68227225101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fc8d3f3c5---67254106020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/34480399559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/jonulugavuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/157808216660b7e4c4b6f62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/jawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e29ebbc35a8e3b66e5f893a16a35153/ferijelulabaruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/9184330855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/60410137208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/37292315553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f494c6b17---vefinudetuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1889cfd144424a7ce4da2d420d9c3b/dazomuxadesajolopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a146ea55bdc9e2cd22b65206a6ff07a/zozavones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4svjs9fqg9eo104t556nbm4r5/67909153923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe4dc00353df0a857188034c3958bb8/vozobafapebiragamekegobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/putasikujulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/97538733028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/80041444288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e29f11a2---vonitataxodelulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/donezujerimovuwovoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/51654839510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/507df56d56d49c0175f05878c413c97b/leragaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+png+to+pdf+macPDF 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_off0000f3b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B6 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 41e999b53a47160455352d688794e8e0910b9d21e1fdb2c77949ea4604cd5395
font_01_sfnt_off0001218a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218A 10800 bytes
SHA-256: a676996d7810bc274509b87d5ad1c2dfa8b53295294402966d09da7ae0e01620
font_02_sfnt_off00013a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1