Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64cfb3406545e50c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 01:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e31de271ae0b9b49a85b31cc9b559923 SHA-1: 8d243feab7363743c98ba99e15cf5178f5f8f8a2 SHA-256: 64cfb3406545e50cb36d959686fd969f6adae96e5d6d4c4219392daf89085cce
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate an attempt to facilitate phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heppa17htjgqqpl5f8lbibkakd/39002527709.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f372d203297f1e465e4a906c7a56eac/wumawozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824f08d41a979915bc15f9ac87edbb42/gasutiwunupasadatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1cb927fbb2a2746fe2a4f5d613a5a14/xesapoxixitikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thvgc4fs7g17ip6d8330krljn0/ruwugopixobetatokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/susurafefomurotugijumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cc9145fc1---37364754778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/9739850349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f797ec19e---56711500488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a73d3a9fe3---gumozevusudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/31319928170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/758f48706d9daf0cece9c363cbfc05ca/92250695825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggv9b5ht3ev95c7enjgebr7bfv/jirajilotibiguvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e2c6a8569---nozesobefowudaron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/25001165134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askort.pl/Upload/file/39659978449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3abd4d1e42---tipuwejogoferurexuxadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/gedimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/92642518601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2d5ed36e833916f16e7dbe0b04c0051/magufomitetezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4eb80dd64---xogitijiwasezovugewotovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/gonijemojave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4758c4f956d7f7e1978ae104af42dd94/78573721913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a198c66ed7---40610621560.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=baptism+is+necessary+for+salvation+bible+versePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f40a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40A 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 4c1d8dac8bd53688add25cb31bdecb28a24ed2800797885dfda57e2439711392
font_01_sfnt_off00011fcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FCB 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 2d557fa523fb8f50238f86e37db322ed1aa1d8ace8546bfef074caedb62d8b92
font_02_sfnt_off00013945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13945 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1