Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65b6d87d7089431e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:38:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3d5ac1ed33f3f704a96d6329d39d0690 SHA-1: c98180b46e73f23a200261621295022937c473ef SHA-256: 65b6d87d7089431e49b384fdfee0740cb213229783755877bc9eec8669731ec7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or credential harvesting campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=importance+of+gestures+in+nonverbal+communication PDF link annotation
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2a94d68aa---34801814704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/361704b3f4cb9831f700f1cadc9e3802/59629099748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/99369172418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4898761086---tesurudufevamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078323beaf89---86618396327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/17170719275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/3018047466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04f7c1a516---vixixurune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a5419764f3f3c9a87b74b150d9d1b1/sujuwagukiposukutim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b167bb5f3b5---98143080357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f15efdd96af246a7935bb68b5b4dee9/vikefexotogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e80e749731f---mubowepudazama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/mononelofijomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85807727654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091223227665---51757471617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/68411850389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6652f4425d---kibunubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tosmagpgsrs8fhdeiebh4fl3u6/35479196420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/24181123950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075273839ace---15019693673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/60278038550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/bevaterijafeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/xivazala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87badf15a4a54e9d46897b85f9ac0027/kafebevawigunefawepepare.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_off0000e648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE648 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 2260442144d8e79ae52d386ad088c3e58d251d4d33a73ebe774c4b028a8da463
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F9 16740 bytes
SHA-256: 9eb82792efc409834aca53444760a4d0628395fd8dc1e9604a999ccf3cf061b5