Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65b0bb3e4919026b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:51:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: dde382ee75a8f6cc88c74cd4d0d823d0 SHA-1: d77d4c905fac1f39727c82f0f09b294cd01d5393 SHA-256: 65b0bb3e4919026bb0e4064f473ed7d4f39b6514ec945eae60f068f548cd0278
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to lure users with search engine optimization tactics, potentially leading them to download malware or engage in phishing activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vn+video+editor+for+pc+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d673b6bc44bddc642d1eb8cf5844e292/50919151727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313481482ea---89774289707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/fizutolaxilazibajodiwajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61713848451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d54d047b8c8176815c7c30d8193c84a/87147461171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/lelijeranatezabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/penoluxijakoxeguxixoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/mosowupepugoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubfila.in/files/file/xolamopefumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/zijuxukuviwudaxajaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/24931314922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariaparvaz.com/basefile/ariaparvazcom/files/47573467176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/lonuxujeligajetule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/76131168278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7485283038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/galogirizovonofarigajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41673848717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/09/07/95340163541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/jaxumozigipamado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plewmal-d.com/Uploads/files/fazimavuvu.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_off0000d865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD865 17496 bytes
SHA-256: e71cd627feb44f5f1aa55bcbb4121f2baeea6cdec5ce221cb424df4d2b672801
font_01_sfnt_off000105d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF0 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 9a674534003d5e74656a16682a913bc6e01d8f74b428e345192cf0d1d6e268c4