Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 065bc0bcbdaf3acf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bc7c35328180246ed60677d13196d60d SHA-1: d5ef1bd39d6161372ba8ce9446d0507b494d6e11 SHA-256: 065bc0bcbdaf3acf67252470398bce7a2138408ce53519a79ff11c48a7af4c87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a potential SEO poisoning or phishing campaign aimed at driving traffic to malicious content.

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=d%27nealian+cursive+practice+sheets+printable PDF link annotation
    • https://msvadba.ru/files/file/regufelirunususupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/dabuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d359506b04a89e2b204d80b02ddb4f54/38636537274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0002958718---46067662489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubegesemedewemifemizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/telukenuwadimusajare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dfef640e3fde94535be02e7d9ea91cf/32432683425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/46823336179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/24933248193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/jokikewesuzidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ac65994a0---rokasutuporober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/73414010992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1835ed9557a34de97e735a5b6e262f8/jiborevurogugure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/89326055316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/divemowebepazaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/23775714984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6507c30bb2d3022ac60483a04921d2f3/19176373131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/xisajafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/pozarelimugiwunuzulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/tijurizikanosigofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/132945ee6305ef2cf3543a87f468806c/79487141203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oebjmmr4p36s6b4abe3ctdikq3/24888870533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/fudamojawerif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86632451811.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_off0000da76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA76 19456 bytes
SHA-256: 1ba41e83503174a0032f9ba5088131a8ab4d21b5ea96a8a762bbfa1d2e6ff4e4
font_01_sfnt_off00010bd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD6 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 5d81e9dca366cd3d592d71238760cbc969d2c10fd2cb09d8c1e38cc251950283
font_02_sfnt_off0001242f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1