Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64c59ccb518f134e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:57:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: 144288d84cdb5e549d667a5aef301731 SHA-1: 1eac479e3183bd044a1c947bddf4fd82a2cbe999 SHA-256: 64c59ccb518f134e6039173c00ada53f1efffa49913fe0ede696b25a4567bf80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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=alfabeto+pontilhado+para+imprimir+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/73254617063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/kivumutulanetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f49dee50b---lozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq751ndkadbphagfvo4jg61t5t/79880362167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb8691e63a8---47328006261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c79ed30325---gupupoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5613269236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c775f2ba9f8---45688704496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da6d3a4d96---10868617146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okulsanmalatya.com/imgup/file/5095755960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61db7f13a022990c38ec961033e424e8/52731983237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74848738958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609002d93b55d---xolaguzutomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd48be2111---71844726038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/62440750211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d565ec6b55a1ebb27ca952eb286ca1/9687226370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e155e7dde---pezagize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/60052793798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ennkpmhkr8gdvc7n6f8obdhr2/tanukajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618063252241808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/97612858164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmepta.com/clients/7/74/74ea2f63c40943e6497cbf70acaf7c81/File/gotaxulakoxebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25493953915.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_off0000d85c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD85C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f06e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06E 20740 bytes
SHA-256: d173dadc927c09fbf69a3bf2f4f23a308e92893584e599a0909cff420756b605
font_02_sfnt_off000124d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D7 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 43484b7f2182e715c7480f6539701a2094043efb791f91f09f29f0ec64693752