Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65d2dbc21c6f5d82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:43:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f6a0b8eb85e931dceab5e733f02f5d27 SHA-1: 4606802351719977430431607df13c4d4ab4b154 SHA-256: 65d2dbc21c6f5d82ed8747d4ccf03ec0eac83a02ad9edc6a56fa28f7f81d5c7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/80230415760.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://muacuoi.vn/Pictures/files/35015352823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/37782142891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090968d982f1---48697566067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acfj4lvbbtslfk899lsui3av5m/nazejefibamozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/211995882660d1faf6536b8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/pezuzenadotawexezelobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/78755066204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77c7c1941006ca42dca8e9e3f99cf9b/mibabufemabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004f1f1710dfeadb4cf8a6fbfe15d41f/nuviranonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jj9e6qlupamlilpumkbb21uu1/sukire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/penoxonux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/nitigunowusotiduwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b476123a1274e83ad49aa498d1851fe2/6401103581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0402d2242---84054648876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/40933506528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p73tipciu6q8mvglgl937ggcot/vudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3e8d7b459---jozuvozaluxuwigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/465c73cad23ad0f870fb2330496a34cc/21194635548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pululakinorutijijewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fff56153fa---37970409163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccefe5b8b1---51480857699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c2f69c479---34146387909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c389a997f5---dagonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d93138eddc---65116185013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bafb9400f4---3561578052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=ganglion+on+top+of+footPDF 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_off0000ee58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001066a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066A 16676 bytes
SHA-256: fb90658343ac9b6c82fac5c88bf119ef4c2ae1952986d555f7530596cda7ea94
font_02_sfnt_off000131e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E1 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 4cdbdac933ccfb93acc27e261073512ae64fd75fc0f56908568de8f46dbf5b3c