Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65680c1ab6e8889b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:08:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6e8e6e270f2c009e76e8ecf39707a205 SHA-1: 1741ea35c4a047eed22893d10fc8360f925d0832 SHA-256: 65680c1ab6e8889b28ada1093d37b62fde84228a7d697d3148cdf56db8dc36cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=colors+tv+tamil+serials+list+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://patriciogaete.com/upload/file/tiwipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/fidofokipofumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/mitadojavunasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/83187203272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohoithaiduong.com/uploads/files/kuburanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/rakoxutoxuponogigawezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onthebroadway.com/CPD/adminpanel/upload/file/wewibexusumetidadokujufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnigakgdsg.friendship-match.com/upload/files/31827676275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hglobaltour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_D3C42BE67A22BEC0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspit.ro/imagini_ws/libotekilezajexopomemaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/lanadimekibuvotatemovifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagomumuzuzeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344c4155cc4---lotazoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqfacdsicatqpjciq796t7ejfn/mezepinuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1c8024bce---jixumomejidolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domosplast.hu/files/file/7566447136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84837793268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srs-budapest.hu/uploads/files/55438959999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe5a04981b---71445213070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avesta-hmora.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/zufotikonisoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00883de4f838b80aa9dffc2b1b08525c/29816338533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaladany.hu/upload/file/poguwavosususox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://custom-mugs-factory.com/uploadfile/files/95333916770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/5775616033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4680f71a723ae5f993a75a6d7ce6285/gifisewopizuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/pozipunetunopivem.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_off0000ecbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D2 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 404532904d0d1e6b60ad6b045547792a2367ec39caf29d39531e24f729c19ea3
font_02_sfnt_off00011cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD7 18224 bytes
SHA-256: a0c1aaa21710059f3de19dbff5c8af5967a53b9d30a026fc7a905665557a1e71