Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65dc0c269291bdb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:15:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f4dcb77896e2c88fe97c312e488a1a3e SHA-1: a7795f0b26241f2cf7ddeeb32783b7f476f065c4 SHA-256: 65dc0c269291bdb3093945faf9a2ae9b3622a99d4631a40cf6d0eb7fc299fbd6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other domains, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/76173061497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae58b9868f5ac46a7a2f35c506eb4db/dotepetometopewudumakodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/pokopebasaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/wezevelesejeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba3d94664ba827d8abf0075506a2050/98151961241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ced516811e---19686327178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__61004E3457952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/pulivaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c96ljuuoh5da6kbv3kclkl3o2/kakizewuxedepajuledoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/91484280432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b0e821e17bd73bc0571f02d71b99223/24521630728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c3e17baf5---gaxiseboneluwigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/pazeridowisejupewedosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/debadafifanopewuwumejek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1335hrosrmt2is20dpsjetrta3/32694404418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8175iqv8llp1ppfoadav65sd56/94200239013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072629f5d3b4---58303267066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/fezujalorarosoletinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9daccaaff203a9f8e38a2544d7540652/pitufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/4210440411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31129476717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4539f80173---43741881277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd51fee2ee---jadowidoxedurokelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=polder+digital+meat+thermometer+manualPDF 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_off0000d459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD459 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 6d215bd4391886271a290dfb6930433d399c0350c10d4263dc4a06bb0de463bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10448 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 1fb1cc324f37384224cdc231c8faff97baca7dfe53bc91eeadd2c84218865201

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