Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65caaacd0f8acdee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:50:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3dc456c6355b7c9cb87d235988e65abb SHA-1: 71186b9ed3cb3048f2b5be6d9cd72e2cfa9b0cd1 SHA-256: 65caaacd0f8acdee6bc86a08edc0791deea89bd7dfcc355c2b060b47ca6c309e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://zxsolar.com/d/files/dubunixikosabo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855ced46a48---medisuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/vujosopelozisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/vokagovadupuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845d4dda956---pujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d91f1c27b9---17344169920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b760804f6e5---15870008692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9349acf55---11044893511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727c86897e8---70098871448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a060a7c336d---pigerenibisutuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/89763307906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2deoh6fd82gie2fkoq1oil8cv/62652749265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8e7ede17e---31840851874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76704593924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718cd0f0281---35228569480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3t8aadhqdikbmsd5764656ift/laxipozogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a0kr5i39p0u89t4kk3bj5dp97/41434949806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/22570563426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004214ba692e251493506a016e6cad56/65785608617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e57326e07b---38526063976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f69d3dc891caf1af81d7f1db1d087d/lijazivepabipinudezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/govulaweworipiruwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/30280524576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+skills+and+attributes+make+an+outstanding+teacherPDF 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_off0000eb51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB51 16008 bytes
SHA-256: dca9b4f43a82c7d3bb3f0c13b12e81155b03cef0f9f7df07e31a26d4de4da669
font_01_sfnt_off0001148b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148B 11144 bytes
SHA-256: f98e8fd935dbec75fce93b02ecc736942f278679e408905cb7c79f9039513ae8
font_02_sfnt_off00012e24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1