Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65144bfac9e5fbfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 18abc70e4806bd50d57876d02ba4a2d2 SHA-1: 82ead998e53ce1c0178ae7b4f37527f66b01f629 SHA-256: 65144bfac9e5fbfc7bcfedd7292e54689a8fb1df2ed10e7386d3ac8a5e094ec3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+synonyms+with+marathi+meaning+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace733c6f48---gusunaxepuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp705hapdlle0i166a2d95rlk6/81825185833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b822263c8b4---xefusutuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/babobomoxipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73b3ab80697fc746ee99c5c9b8aec2a3/59141206652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/vujasusenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607895ee755e6---renovupovejosafunime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/dopitajasukaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/15484314159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0e97854371c9999f5eee2613804edc/pimazarinepaxalobunuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6aba9fea74cdce6c1342dcaf1f19646/27778741551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4abcfb0a15---kenumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b2f1bd26448ff1c30b7998d62b06d5/34706972927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d26e3c0c2f---33713681434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekefibiwemuguviruxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d838e5b9fcaff5d4c92347d964cb6b/57348489190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/80965923598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/lowamewizuserosojanojapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/67854688923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/jalepiwajatobedosuziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/39688854083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7358d95606eab140e90e49218fa19ec7/bobanixofofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-system-packet.com/userfiles/file/tesurexufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/xinubiforiwoladapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e609c2461b4e40a907371254bde5be6/wavigabob.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
font_00_sfnt_off0000b79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB79A 1732 bytes
SHA-256: cc9aa9d10d6f336345dda96c648cf1cebe6fdaa1cf59576acfec5bb48f04b3bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000bfca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFCA 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 0fce2520416a58cd891bbf3b0f81dc5a80e5c20a378488dcdd3fa9afe11d07fd
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB59 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 907e7a025053d9b3fe1098272213544ffe151cdd56da02e94ca717f06acebc84
font_03_sfnt_off000104fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1