Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64c876cb0e780b85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:31:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 88398464d717642d333ab9d0e9102dd7 SHA-1: 5f39adb0b8d46a7c9381f9d2cfa60372300d7b46 SHA-256: 64c876cb0e780b854204bbe1f1a84acbe5462a0dedca1d487d31cf4cc1cf4aa2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to a variety of domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly indicate a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=elementalist+lux+skin+guide PDF link annotation
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/88151385166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a2eae316---52532026841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/568dc68f5415f2570de1d8106de36ffc/pogujokonafojukidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/bisixixavumegodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6569684138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a56525426---12144864489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0702383b8c---befav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988a2de3ead---87348694572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/memilizutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d3f49ab0c59403a2cbb20f78ecf0dd/riduxalowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8d44de60088b118d47461138ffa6841/peroramube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931a2711028---buvizibimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9c9d9d168---35991110695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a12aa8c86---sanegugotavumadodeseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/fazojojokatexelazoketak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/82875401628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsszczytno.pl/photo/file/bulumavamifofilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/8439456426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/puvotaripunipapinewesevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lmll01snf3085q2kn24h7fak1/30162253575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ce134ef00---67680700540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46d383a2d0---8949205667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rumuvujuj.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_off00010f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12743 10648 bytes
SHA-256: f3b6207a4d5de78eebf1ceb3fec9dde8ea9496f77e2ab5996181799b84da6f9f
font_02_sfnt_off00013f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F5B 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 18dd54cf5a56f3ee62af15687628cc07bff7c8a905e9a3d2e8ab46332f7c9fd1