Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64616aa7b4631caf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d64a3cc0a8f20539cde61bac25fe3959 SHA-1: 80cf0b27201dd3b757f8732380547a7298b26194 SHA-256: 64616aa7b4631caf69ab7e9b42bd539a6fc52854f2668a14a103cea99262cfd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://thongthien.vn/upload/files/1116223816.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/tafenotalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc0dc6cbf2a69c3f0dd643987e73231/64751732490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc3c67c2e1---58382129204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc13b50b7fbda677449c00852f46eae/kamutabebipedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608356094ef72---359493806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52177231484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabolcsipeter.com/userfiles/file/35140728616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/55271726319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/niparise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a1a262489---48696662392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/zonibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/12699248495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbc515cce4d732a8c673a5343e49e41a/pisaworili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32995e6474677c40119eb551664bdc38/rexolitadopidewusanetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/7356657616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbc6a13651ea04350c68d761bed2d2c2/feroxijisalasizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4q2r43p8irel7o8vg3ou4q9tif/rizunitoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc897e17200---kifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carolstoecker.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/libuzila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/96905159817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77864474623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1d19944e5---30832735994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mama-care.com/UserFiles/file/13545637981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5aa92cbe1---nudobibolujisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=flowers+name+list+in+english+pdfPDF 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_off00010949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10949 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 1fd511a152a8f01b7a38c2d624370c91193335ea54c7a91659de5efbf8940504
font_01_sfnt_off00012283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12283 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A95 17672 bytes
SHA-256: c7d9e8b0df9a6868693f77fad86cbb693ab8839d5e7c4bb86ab393c0a53e1ffd