Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64f31425961d4700…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:36:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5a170af223ea639349bc7aeea0ebcd97 SHA-1: 70a86b3af0286ef61803d6b39465f70b95b85337 SHA-256: 64f31425961d4700ab15b34c18854072139521a78001aef3bb8d6d2209d4b0af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and link farm structure point towards an attempt to exploit user trust by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uhc+prior+authorization+form+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/lowimarewimugukuwajara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fbc2d966b---tusonalujibexodosumasafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094de60c31ab---wifojofadozipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1baad8176e78c8896b0319ff464a7b06/jujosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veslovani-vsb.cz/soubory/file/zagiwewulakizezozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/42192871073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/fowarokixelemozufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/80658544309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/63762124901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/og6qias4ubrcibe5e3ahg1f60i/48995631330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a4867ca70---89855094811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reikihaus.com/clients/75291/File/gesivaderamupizeroxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5808ddb61---5379332952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6ed42bbc5537e08e3820cca25ff6c68/siloneburiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/48255367588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607123f048f13---14839522452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/jezuwepodedupafukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d059c37dd---fifuzudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/86458245829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolt.fo/public_html/userfiles/files/gugojivulukafesowanegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/32854054242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/dodazelezifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4mji6t4gif4q0suof3kk298a6/tanasizaditufezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o639379c4os4qp40hh04njot2k/punilujodaximaganadaxanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducnhua.com/upload/files/zikojukalapunijeje.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000d010.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD010 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 11cd2828ecdf06bdb7a658e4e07810f345364ad3e9a13454351c429634fa2525
font_00_sfnt_off0000b7ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eefb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFB 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb61d69b09c0b3e036d872a2631f7d0d382f3ec4a65debba910c79ac18dff46
font_03_sfnt_off00010758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10758 15704 bytes
SHA-256: 8c9b32787a70ec9ed5ea3e868ffe9ea666efb92ca9960eab1ed5ce7ebde3d074