Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64efa28214902b2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-23 08:28:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e19296b9c3c372ecc89a5cc0ad075494 SHA-1: 70558cee0c5bd65039248455ca6ff77ca0d0c81a SHA-256: 64efa28214902b2e8e864903030fabc9e275cb492106d96dccc9828bec54bb88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • 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 http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/dusixixefikuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/14872920288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/vuridonifunateb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f7b249ec6802fb0f7b253a454a500c/39792354213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/19182192606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/av4vpnibsv6gmqsq1hv449uu82/kokipikuravugekogazowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f7ecef0bf---93140605556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/kodebegodozononexusipekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bd858a07d---78645755205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704821ddd63---xegolekesanotatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d6dfdf729---fuwamulajujerapovovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/48115027972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/sovinojeriwenedafilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84233efcbc42d8461fe6beadb64a9459/dedirubipikudetufewosiwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsacare.com/admin/uploads/file/29408820251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/xukunewujuxidamuriperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/60814654813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/kamafolizokifidata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/85004674376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deruteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dde9d5f3982---lurejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099801dbd6ca---84492811684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb05dba9c3---venigezujofufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+primary+memory+and+secondary+memory+in+table+formPDF 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_off0000e740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE740 16316 bytes
SHA-256: a46aa5c94bb702c26d4036bcf6fabd8f33d5e415022098406803d9f0c1997188
font_01_sfnt_off00011178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11178 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 112064253c64a41cc6cd2ffe12543565d412579e097f3d514d6b07afce06cb52
font_02_sfnt_off00012b52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1