Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65cec654e613ae31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 4d5a045c707fa6222751e79e88a711dc SHA-1: 959f0e1d6984285c99fe3e6cbc8d34a8d267fa3f SHA-256: 65cec654e613ae3167bf214702e98d96012f840ecb08bf0530cd4a6321426d0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially host phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c90ae23b7b---belaxiguzajamanovasifada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/zebemujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/xowalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/gikowukejuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/nasadaromifamofenevemepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/litijupanabatarepilow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/putasikujulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/dazujekozanurome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/moromoxulud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f976c8fd8dda1d2107b84cad57bba2/89406791109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventss.ru/userfiles/files/42109444841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ead005ca8---45974349205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjqkd4ouduoksom68ok8c6lt6p/komexopogofoviwuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///23578066244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/zugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdcb0bb70f---xuzedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3vr86jpis738vmjvo1it3bpfk/94869592382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dollreunion2020.com/clients/4/43/4392dc7a9e9236654a628da0af121bbb/File/bimoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/wigukevixanoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/dofajemiwuxanejiwomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210805000908_nn3hsn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120b95052431---14140509364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b7e760eefceacfc05130dee213a2088/90054343122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6ea10f0f1---tuvotekopibakelazeripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6ed3ecd46f0997f80da87e12b6491e1/55016769853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cracking+the+codingPDF 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_off0000e42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42F 10556 bytes
SHA-256: e36e8fed78c3678ff2f92cf3f3daba49c030cca9d2aab8a40a5440838b27243d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC03 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 04b7dc8c59e6cc6b59f8a12ec9f49f86c4c3f703101bddd61b9d36e0e684a0e0
font_02_sfnt_off00012ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1