Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 064f553c34ffebeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8ced06feb30c06b00ea86d511021bf16 SHA-1: 93045680b5294bc3823b2b0e245f6156c82c701f SHA-256: 064f553c34ffebeb920f5406401fed42dde70ae963753d6bd8a8141f53defd97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to external domains, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ourconn.com/userfiles/file/202107211535388141.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://easttbirds88.com/clients/d/d7/d767393c090093bf18db16876c07b5c3/File/97011797386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpmmd9a03nc9gtesl8au7du9bf/40978311201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b1cb8e7e7---50414216371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satbietthu.com/luutru/files/jivaligevitisesire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/1324077940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/6626659827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/36006267794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dbf287b32---wexejorijopowesesokedigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/mumatenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a40c647663---6152638557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56bb196f8d0fcb480c8c3da16957309/96351577791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210706182935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f4bed915d80d186e3522def6746b330/paxagazijoguzixironumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991fbd95171---lodepefalegup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e671acedf5---renukaligavizulogijelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d36ea4daf---modomokusubemubemiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/fubideguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c3d69298c---71721702628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/83959631828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42650482e2e57c94dc8ff9df85672f26/fawofudolinajurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=get+blood+out+of+shoesPDF 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_off0001051e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051E 17216 bytes
SHA-256: 982fbd2c2f1007674224a2161d320f1554ab51d758cea13939ee20109ec9afc6
font_01_sfnt_off00013245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13245 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 8ec383d4e3a062c45097a0309260d73a1cf5c557031a1ae88effb29df91f0fdf
font_02_sfnt_off0001498d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1498D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1