Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65ccdca0e74c7295…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: bd2124e95304736c9037ef357e542595 SHA-1: bbce776852761487c5360523b7c239d94a9a8106 SHA-256: 65ccdca0e74c729538064a9e5b2a875dde62dbb8f7057d33d6496014d1d8dd46
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to leverage compromised infrastructure for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/55690144226.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/53256718797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79a39c9029---kumesuvuwominegekogomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/4974544926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982d3bac1a290481d0ac4ed877cf6d28/bitagakerorogone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36ec628948---fiweritip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607964dc41543---jofozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/lesizafilenaxozuleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8gtna356vdiq7ofr3n5vmkhba/83423884127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2043fa4d141367532bc7269fda7b16/gupirefuroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b32999e521d4b78de8b56c841900c56/89851633876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80969941464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b9d9a703c1978f31ade9d439cb369db/rorodepamalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1ef16950c---goras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///vasonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ea9bdbc7f---sojifujizowevezosiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/961486423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9344a1fa05850a4ff5dee24bb894c6b3/teduromaligajowiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a493f01aca8d3b02b2beeab0c2abba48/50556431528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96ad84ae9e04efc617c7f54c9e933976/tekazatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/sesesudipodijikivogisife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/726b1a6fa4c6e21c7135e99521ed42ca/dobivekomovoxevosurawavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e2df5f72e---65720499432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0aa9a14d6---38240357031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/dagapopovetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=copy+from+pdf+to+excel+without+line+breaksPDF 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_off0000f8af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AF 11552 bytes
SHA-256: c6b9123358fac18abf1bed161c835df7d6e7ca106671ca4d69f5ce02927393c7
font_01_sfnt_off000113c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C9 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 3c0def58c7c40372a84d2d8ff64cb0509b392c57c04ab3a9b9c8ddec954d7e20
font_02_sfnt_off000141d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1