Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64553f9b5fb5916c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:59:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 859846134a1a5e6e71b219e6ddd534de SHA-1: dd95e2dcce770348c8315c58e7c0c70a7e9f0e61 SHA-256: 64553f9b5fb5916cf99ad06c4f94ec011b70f26dbca4b21420bacce4d3935f6f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+prepare+for+florida+drivers+driver%27s+test PDF link annotation
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37639254855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d407b45e571a37f8ec3d325a2ebf3a39/42239811355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85jfe0g7qqtf3ukpkn17nc59e7/tosomanadamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42e877fd0d---fanowebubedobakifelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///jezuluzetoxosibefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/xokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924407cb829---84323037153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b3c729e07c29f22fcc83167bbff9c79/xigobufozufero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxojikimigokijumilesupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-kc.org/scauserfiles/files/remej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1aa68517c6f66170b5b89a12376acde/sadegudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/81277969210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/govajerudolelalage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/53666632649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/fedusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/naruvurofasupabomapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5013c3937---12389035860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/bakufobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be423deeca0---paworedozuzitapoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/99671957146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevulexeleguxeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iveducentar.com/uploads/assets/file/redabudimudifutefoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947b5b25734---39642884004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9n0d78fsn7d3p7evmmgq8gbu2/36198520536.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_off0000de18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE18 16128 bytes
SHA-256: f3105ea51ae60a057354b404f6bcf2594b42c8a8e7e00310fcf54daee69a2926
font_01_sfnt_off0001080b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080B 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 929bd2cf02f3cbf02d7445b6548a8275c300714e1dd2acab32c45452d6161639
font_02_sfnt_off00012059.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12059 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1