Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64b61d328d5efe1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:27:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2d1657cbd70ddbb9fc6c54853f5f0557 SHA-1: 33fabe5f3d05d2e0b7da6493e677708a2ebbd963 SHA-256: 64b61d328d5efe1b4de7cc62b2923f370811be81861cf229fb5c63e0f7160859
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other domains, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware downloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it is intended to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=howard+county+tax+collector PDF link annotation
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3acb5701f2---sugetaxigigifidoziditor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theleadershipworks.com/PO2/UPFILE/userfiles/files/95507516263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc55641023---biruzibalet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa466c3284a---zujoditovimiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/wibiduzumujonuxoxaper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9afd4a8f9b---fewetoxevufarumifawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3cf2de4a3f---vawawaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210616192238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/lewogemuxolebikotezuwoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bb263d9af---99593259653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22e7f10ca2---79846799594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcb11603a3---zolepewiwodeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985f2fdeb29---48041614560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/selegoxaluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/32051216659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5d0d0be72ce79a85943b9137bcd3520/nurutaxubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///vadorixiginexoxawopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef0d4d37f2---30054919070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bebc81e1fcf80c85a424cb62cef572a1/28958479068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60675719058b0beeff84a52b89dfe694/4471813021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b21f5d57ea---sibotukedubilogewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/xonazamezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/kamomufotafizovugodanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f65e4c99f---41858089434.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_off0000e89f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89F 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 933de90adbc6798cd4bfba6f9b8fab528bbf1984f70aaec17c601bed9894069f
font_01_sfnt_off000113c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD8 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 27d969feccf449fbc0f406b1db0622532b2c5bd2ecde817c6e7c8d4ff44bad91