Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64df52a0279d6731…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:25:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fd897d47c08d30793c8178a7e85e89bc SHA-1: 5139b56c7042ab0940d92bcdac44744747580183 SHA-256: 64df52a0279d673195dfc12d825042c7a7015aadcd53aa1d588ae3c0ddfc25bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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
  • 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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=instalar+whatsapp+para+android PDF link annotation
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3475be737---87675834215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a731c2a14f63c69f0cf202e9cca2891b/wemudumakigode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/42625146046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/97588193396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14535885593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/serusepoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/70070810650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomingmakedonia.com/files/files/kovemugidugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/361262007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joeun-it.com/userData/board/file/sidevepufikizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/60348530222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613243cece2d1---nijovawaxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitmexico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23632117010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/32724003872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cee1968.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47793273827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/51029880818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baltyk.recykling-rejs.pl/imgturysta/files/doxuturamevota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74780484700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/83708798125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxomapegotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/selotewuguvavaxunomuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-catamarans.de/res/wysiwyg/file/wudavoxakogapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saringkarnwood.com/UserFiles/file/27082798892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3cc20a991---96884388991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundationkuzmanov.com/files/sidalitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goozzl.com/userfiles/files/tulufeleliroziviwepujowo.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_off0000debd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CF 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 70938f0aaf49b069173a780669aec22554d2f0f403dd5328c2204d95d5a5299b
font_02_sfnt_off00012784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12784 10392 bytes
SHA-256: a4dd9f74531afaeb7075114fef2a2a468a54d2269f6db3db3d0140b124018773