Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65d1e0e97f4ffd6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:00:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a752ea6ab82ce2156c863f757674e76e SHA-1: ba08606359132feb4e87b7e544039db796dcad84 SHA-256: 65d1e0e97f4ffd6d00cfe0a83c4e346c5f56efc3384d224401e7246ac3c46ee4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a link farm that points to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination of the links. Embedded JavaScript streams are present, which could be used to execute malicious code or redirect the user to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40663496057.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foririnatevawifarekurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407bc058b8b---28721398028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/bigutiguxaxixesedevil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsetlearningcenter.com/userfiles/file/rozakopemujifagefipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanmemerp.vn/attachment/files/pataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurvedicclinic.org/userfiles/file/50431821342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/xepete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/fefexapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/xakolunupadebasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/39410052020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1c09bd1a17c472042242f5fedff94d/fofasolofasujanobizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/55908509375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/58888223721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20210904054638003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dobuwezilovivowebesasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/wuxene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defhjdr.friend-match.com/upload/files/wabitiponikajezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613587dca9293---83420877046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millersexpress.com/userfiles/file/37450253592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/nuluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/22987996264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/53209806493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64534047610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=friends+season+1+online+with+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000e66b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66B 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 19f24e0f702eed6a63d7ae25b242c67018f82fa45f40bf2ad2e3ab04afdb9906
font_01_sfnt_off00011744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11744 10700 bytes
SHA-256: afba6413886d7203b7a640be358a004fd9cb5e98231f8df28b8d9007d12fe52c
font_02_sfnt_off00012fcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1