Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65a7299def866ec9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1c868e621c55dc53b5ca56e8827b7827 SHA-1: 2eb0865b30afec7e0437cf3f3e1cb7c0ebde96c5 SHA-256: 65a7299def866ec936b94376a2e4e949473810435ff2ef922f37fc899b873c0c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves tricking users into clicking links that lead to further malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/jamupasinodaxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/90631932622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73507affba---36965097781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/majisomezire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/26827713481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/22689230843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ee2d69184f---zigorapazigulipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b921f998c4---jewurazaredusoperew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3618ee447---88821328750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/jogovuzafejuwudewokore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/dutaraxuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/40961533104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba5d8dca024921b10c58d580fed1e3c/3645032847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67202170581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/2464242472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skia22.ru/pic/file/48752311239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/30160094761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a697430bd334c3222db7e5c8ba5f6bb/lizezifumaxanaluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078abb4be965---48423831766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082414ab6e48---61754997584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a325afc6e91---2511085323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/setek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/pojavufawelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbfb28dd7a---95081128887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trieurodata.ro/images/file/putumoxubolezipuxunimava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3bn7i96blmnkqfq8ar9nantduk5446n/27496736280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+pdf+reader+pcPDF 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_off0000e58a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58A 17580 bytes
SHA-256: ee2b5412ffb289ecf39fa9b742950275eed0970e8fbb0ee55e392f2b1345081a
font_01_sfnt_off000112db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012af2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF2 10304 bytes
SHA-256: d913e398b5acbd411157eb086b428a5056beec27a835db169dbe1244795461f3