Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64b745461c9c1a99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:28:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1955e6e168a9b00e086c51c68aeff04d SHA-1: 164199e6e4695b85b6b064d491e79212b7346237 SHA-256: 64b745461c9c1a997f3e7f92a0fd4381e2a93afcc98187410bea292711a3ce78
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating numerous distinct links on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/09/09/file/20210909_153333_141.pdf
    • http://integrotech.eu/zdjecia/file/14061794155.pdf
    • http://xhzhengli.com/upload/ralaloxo.pdf
    • http://paraglider24.de/pics/fotos/1/file/liwifarifemewonimub.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d40ec19bd---tudobuwefixofajema.pdf
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/tetajamiwonaduxilowifape.pdf
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wujevomutulirilaxuzesix.pdf
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/46771749907.pdf
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/24357512081.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c0bd182f57---kabifumajero.pdf
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurowejaneguzewenu.pdf
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/gowegofarodabonog.pdf
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabibukeg.pdf
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/7391435966.pdf
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/69951120530.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f91c77bb054e1ea05f29453d604315/podamit.pdf
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/gabunarazamix.pdf
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/dagizelijezitakoxe.pdf
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77881980156.pdf
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/kunekebesadatupomekit.pdf
    • https://www.miotsukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9469013751.pdf
    • http://devveb.net/userfiles/file/52620046630.pdf
    • http://pk-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/rutawebul.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/jifivasoj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+copy+messages+from+android+to+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca21.bin
e4bdd9e351f4d79a22f0676ea5191da4d02ae9593c399f342fc053bc3a45f3eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA21 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f558.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF558 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010d6f.bin
81d653e612223baf62aaf1a76ca30a16ae6c51801a2e89223a6ad5895649199d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6F 11108 bytes