Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65d6716376c51354…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-16 14:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b2aa45889bf429871c704e8e0193b7bb SHA-1: 2dc4a290458624dbeb692c920360562e2bf66953 SHA-256: 65d6716376c513540ace3efec35d3fa6b24d43a876edb5b331b4c653911a40eb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of distributing malicious content or phishing lures through these URLs. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+calculate+irr+formula PDF link annotation
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2902ad9914fa423868b555a9c1234eb0/88912557361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.com/img/file/soduxutawosolegetazuzupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/jGj51nFn4Uff7PT5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlk6idp2fokmqn58mtqc46uva7/5759263800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c69194acf69a8b7146493a604001b4/gidovebazidixarigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816db964dad---91917612719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/30280032105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203e5a36aa845bff20911c0d5c2db0da/75325921820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/11024766271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/77961283326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/gewuvanagetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/zejojezulobifolipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/xarasonupukutabugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ecff60954f---tewozerawovifowuzaxatujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/20623540298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/mefetasamerunatutoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d381f22311---xuwajunapurorewewaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0crl0jqkr96kin3bpmj86iuld5/bosapopogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05e8e8d8c5---sesopesikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r66jop8plj90jfg0hck3eme7s5/7199890353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161181e1252e61---zisataxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/13534048886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087443f6916b---13457918870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/42722016080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu3cbqqoj3n6th3b16o8sfis67/40101721146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e84b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10062 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 5b3b64d6a10e0bc46962e29f03e85f387405fa32879fc35d976e90fccce4e343
font_02_sfnt_off000117f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F5 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 4d0b0f19b160c2ac50db0bfb1dc768649c42bfb801decfdec3e9057cbc28592e