Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65de91c82920e7b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:16:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ea608ce5bb3d3f0ab11efb5172548f4c SHA-1: 467bc8980645675d5323a8582e3c33ec323068d9 SHA-256: 65de91c82920e7b1c523fab333b48dc283c0e2e9484d4753838cd709b96d7a2c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution, disguised as a work performance certificate.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rcqup6hpfc4t339ns4fcdmj14/fuvibojoluduwedebizumaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_673409DAA317E14C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a2f7c244b---wagomupanakupezolowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuvedokadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in51ot734e895vfas085u6ukj6/99738980638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtl.in/uploads/userfiles/file/file/faledibanukeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-domino.eu/images/file/files/bejipigerogexotavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe8bc13768aac0c1732bb0fb2181ab4/22120614540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09c6c0702089ffb91a709f67ea33cd8/56557804272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/buxapibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/5498582759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925cc428a4a---38119989498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/17347895278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/41398284737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///komaberokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falls67.com/clients/50406/File/9894629685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/salerubewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f933026d6ca---vevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7829d21b2f---59908245265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62947075999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e423baa99---26549128250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59eb3189d9bc57c284b058ed329e3c84/tajizukub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/mivekedugulasawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=work+performance+certificate+formatPDF 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_off0000dd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4A 16800 bytes
SHA-256: bf7097e7f5c944006da9dc5864301ce440456ae4cc94f4574271c9c94b562920
font_01_sfnt_off000108a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120BB 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 4e40d46830bc57ee5337a7145b474f38104857ed9a43983f5a7d52c1d75e63b7