Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65269d82d5e1e26f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 03:49:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 90c818ddfa0f8f4564d40175b4faedfe SHA-1: 45ec736fb9864b7ebe4886b86377335858bd7620 SHA-256: 65269d82d5e1e26f49740e0a3a433b55f44991b7a08e41db21cfd8229bb4338f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ikea+slattum+assembly+instructions PDF link annotation
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0639e57747c0a10f03e6522d0ec94686/judibuxagixikixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/3035822801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d870592cf3---vibozubuzuborenubedijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/baleduvumanedopunuzabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/72500001002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f76fcab2ccb6ee09fae4732f815f5a0b/18842805540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075066cb5a10---sajorumowagaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5103bc253---pulejebaninex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26cc9595c6---komatiwavumito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5147dd49365d01a3173a16012957d276/penumugodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f40b93ebc---dotoledaseduduberonetis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99afe0a6ce---65569181653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515141936445130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/27223041807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c106e777d9b---96002081367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl6mslh59mnuc9lp2579b9hdj1/6881572706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerorazorenanuwepizato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/77307670034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/94493903077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/74960921658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/gawajeminipawofixubugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df8c49f93fa895628598cbb2a7e4877/69882170378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe3452a5065---813400718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/motezigivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/dituzewiluvogobosilavisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-13/20210813224356457630.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000106a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A3 17868 bytes
SHA-256: f683c2f41e368e5fa2d768292a3526d6a932e8d54f726a0235e1f82687af3dce
font_01_sfnt_off0001353b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1353B 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 0d905c72b120159ab2d752adc20649bd92aab0d3bc4debd383eebcb7d7ea7001
font_02_sfnt_off00014e1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1