Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65a22695b9ce8ebb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:46:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8baf7b62ffd76f7877ef42e3e7465740 SHA-1: d4c5484da96d0b2b15bc1226aea1507f37575402 SHA-256: 65a22695b9ce8ebb0adc656d9d90d1cb8141043dd5e01ceaa7b86c97d9a320b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, indicating an attempt to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d63c306b130---96312945407.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109d407bb62ada4386827d079b0b6f8e/dewere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb86036600---46608877730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/vejedanatadubugexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/xibopodegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/83192529466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwaywest1974.com/clients/861606/File/61315013766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/38184492432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/90155577922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec435b7511e---libisupuwaverewerizixaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/ririgirewekosogemisote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairtransplantmangalore.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xamelasuwexoxisifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/xonejajizufividovaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/89616279913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-28/20210828011235892475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1c42d6d2f---fibebifimebugitifasezixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xisugiduwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/puwedovixedufasavavodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b0c29692f---tevigivoxoliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnphsog8864niapvotdltqeq1h/17706496117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusokurilawufexewolixarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lehnerkom.de/images/uploaded/file/topupipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=westermo+md+45+lv+manualPDF 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_off0000d004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD004 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE816 22528 bytes
SHA-256: e894c3f3d3e7db60c976332f524f75a94f68550973064305b543fb67e62b0336
font_02_sfnt_off0001218c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218C 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 5557e59f9cb1e1b52db63dbb644e296771a155b1a902a3699725b3705d668431