Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64187adf4a868660…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-06-12 14:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 06821e941b27ad8aa96aaa98647fbc57 SHA-1: c2b40f0ce95880a4dedf6e3db6ca00e4073a1538 SHA-256: 64187adf4a868660d9528f0bf89ce4f655c8dd857e107a73ba3c2d1de37fc0b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links suggests the primary attack vector is luring users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rocket+league+champion+3 PDF link annotation
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160997850b99a4---5342628481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b6dd10d3a---72141173635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk55k6mn7rhfrc332htjpcnbjo/48451462893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/fedanadilovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9942a5170---49087647430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/18761816501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file/%5C/sobugukodukefojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/biwewapikopadesotirude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842e8c85cc8---89031738795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888c532c72e---savutisovixojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/rulatudejuxinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57dadbe002edaa0dec428646b39afdc0/62054538713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb92d1b390---desefumexamowarulibubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b69d2b88b8cd5bdeb0fb106a4c9e6e3/vixosinajulipaxegokaluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55bfc4f531ef4e2652fe7886a5de28de/41881637054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eb8122946---papadifafovaruwosujiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adc06e2f5d---28828513245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB4 5192 bytes
SHA-256: 382b0a4fda42800d6f59ad4d54bfd3c2bb9e533955b41e7a19faf477ce7e0ac5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD44 11520 bytes
SHA-256: 500c51f879543875893abc7d0875e3d66ab469275f66a2e4b0a29a139eecde6c
font_02_sfnt_off000123ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BA 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1158d95dac44631f497756703988ba3645251422e7ff0015d3fca430225e7c3e