Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64f09ab07f893736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 20:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8e9202ec025a5e4f995c178642bc76af SHA-1: cb4d22a271c5e2a6c20fab1af5a02df569e4ec71 SHA-256: 64f09ab07f893736ea19365d94e52d2b7fe22e533d0ba025129c5a768c597bbe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML flagging further supports its malicious nature. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

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://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8da44f094644fc00c5bc754826cd104/57480790813.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a6a1d6b26---19185385883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/28860496612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3675293d7---vawafaselikonaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4752145f67---busirenoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f4c2b5339---fukifugisujad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pritchardreunion.com/clients/81409/File/98251948355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6150c6780---71194784223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5870dc92ca---53385209854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/37014531384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns43ajdsn7oki27mtptdkf8pu1/86666292200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608901bb116ea---rojugiwaxisadotujobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29c5ebf52d2b1184d588175143b2339c/67871313083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/sajalajewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62a9c06338b455cb1832baaabf841340/nezopilurinitexifilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607488ce4c1ff---xisipiguwarijuposibudeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/61663947042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu69dgmuo14hp5te2ha1rdhj0i/84117635182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/82500442633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/84700610441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/xeguxinejemimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/20874348950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/25608174534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/10412255920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888e0c4b4f3---23408702934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911daa03af3---bisatumeradigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/84377641108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/10410586282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=free+happy+new+year+facebook+cover+photoPDF 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_off0000f1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EF 17148 bytes
SHA-256: afa93d90dd0a7f48cdfafba89d642297494b68f149d294b0ef6a709b83810666
font_02_sfnt_off000136ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AC 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 4ba5b3fab48c08be4a5edc3645dd07c6677eac1c041d95b3d9ac8648355ea206