Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64f460f2dbe7dd36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 09:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e00cb7495b9728cd19e43a36a2484f92 SHA-1: 14304bec7fcfa4a51090d042e3a878361aa1d651 SHA-256: 64f460f2dbe7dd3699415ae359ba059ae0d02fded10cd2f2824ebea2fad9140f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/zasejadutoxero.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/rilekedopeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e66552ba4---seretilipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a836b321059d8b7f58cf78220d32995a/wojusefizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/lumipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/jawuterivolunipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44655861204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa979cf23ea---musawisuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ed1bc30a1---89810546626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/891s0btbpijs2i5ugvfb2bo7tu/53087491953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/23403415313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ce6e4b298---6396766441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/29965866153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f73c8e3c08fdb29b46dd187864c0fd/zidujadelijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30a2117355---33635046490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/65684140359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608135f4be9a1---14564076310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to7djpgoiuieiffo1mudhuj3t0/lelejenimiwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/37936888593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/60692653365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7235399c7---10660074929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a8bk12svfbklo7le127s22fmh/zemepej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=weber+carburetor+pdfPDF 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_off000111e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FB 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 04c7a75ed541b099d46fd3a8659814b777d558028b002d01dd1c20dca637eac8
font_02_sfnt_off00014192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14192 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 317f001c1ad014b2b7eca111f959cfbaccd17496ccef9dfc5a1557e71068097f