Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64cd241e61a5c45f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d68035a72e49b9d92dbea5659dc98d63 SHA-1: 22bdf3cac0a846efe4e837c35f49b41a8d56426c SHA-256: 64cd241e61a5c45fbc37363cb80f79e2fed540b4805821f67ad970bfde7842e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan distribution vehicle. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites that host further malicious PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The presence of numerous external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points towards an attempt to distribute malware or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/xetixa.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbcd3c1942f---86412738026.pdf
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207ba4e462f815a7e53b33d9a900074e/goxatarodajab.pdf
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1954275254.pdf
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/950713706769aae781a3ebd10b89ad6e/rosobukinukurawunaxilom.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756ecdf3c7b---75030046231.pdf
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/lipogusikutozosojumubigep.pdf
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1600f125603a411ac9385ed511b3a698/75358017254.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nv2cnrg6dq0hmgjtcfg96mv18f/84621321239.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fec0ca2a7069b952f5217471987e27b/kukalomixu.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebbf663de7---kagizovedagurevixuvewado.pdf
    • https://austdoorcaocap.com/upload/files/pivuwiroguneresu.pdf
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodemefovolujajuxawiwu.pdf
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/takesupuzopavibanaseroz.pdf
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202108210148353170.pdf
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/rosazojagon.pdf
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59207351670.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607443cf9d99f---butalovojesebiseped.pdf
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/7046128163.pdf
    • https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/71182027625.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29d6554fbd---zanowafezigepan.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e3bc4d26a---bubifatirajikisifad.pdf
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/mavuvipumek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=dork+diaries+book+10+pdf
    • 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_off0000c4b8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dccf.bin
075999969ba620d1ef79102fec1b1e251c7d070282b25247bbff4517f256d3e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCF 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f513.bin
9feb22467118eb64d8c409eaef4445403b4379e4e19957b0a49da5f935fcfc7b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF513 18272 bytes