Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2565eb3add793e7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 05:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3e2684c7e0cfc21e44d5776c32a9098e SHA-1: cf8b8bc072daae701dea707a94ba58c74b7a5ff6 SHA-256: 2565eb3add793e7f485464f51b86ffdd3ecf31701311076f34635b6a560edead
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this, indicating a tactic to obscure the true destination of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+dna+and+rna+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/63456662623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vvpta-irvine.org/userfiles/file/tozutematizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2d46d8644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/5766726903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741d97ae221672e17e91f0c54f38b6dc/xerawegenekudatozetibisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/bovonigisovozideje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071be08a20a6---botivuradit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56cb61f284---palexinorafubonexetinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aal.tw/uploads/htmlupload/files/62058703039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f00047f3b75e2bb953471eb19be44a7f/ritadajeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a0cea69f0---tudajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/79216675874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/6262325189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981sca4lr75ndrj0gbq3ngefu7/gizinutobaguxisefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/luzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/56646075521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9565ac8560dff199dbf354eca89f142b/fekisugezofodupajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilpcnpih36j1daao9la6cblvr3/zisuzesezuwejupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca0266609450be2332f4525d8c786a6/48455368173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93057484247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084d8189efedc3eccadb9b7a8aa86061/jufepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamshs-pdx.com/clients/d/d3/d3c120c733f7363e2cdaef2cff5f3687/File/jifedalerojobokafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/pivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf85061204---2211524210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/84193734543.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_off0000f528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF528 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3A 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 83f26c2647f8592c857a95f90fffda821eb4a93a61a10c271c594aafaff2ed6c
font_02_sfnt_off00013ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADA 10504 bytes
SHA-256: bbb29af9b88d5ff5841e52a1c8a2bed9dfe1f3579935c604039415d960db8671