Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65e93e42f6466381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 02:09:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: f92eefa13af577dcb5f79f9b50494d68 SHA-1: 175f36b416d917f597d15d3fd5d6b535b72ec47a SHA-256: 65e93e42f6466381954764a08bf425365cac6f82abee8639880ce1ec5d55b83e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign where the document acts as a lure to download additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 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://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb4fc8eedb---kofutopozovudisigaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/om2a5rhd3lnlf5rg05pc0svd3j/vosinazobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/14068981501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ee9a80c9f---72350896094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/dalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a52cea9ea---47665005841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e87c193c3---3680937747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d22eed6d52b64d29982e11a5995047d/vunigazowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076af5518da6---jugemipetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/jawuwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96769168329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harperfamilyreunion.net/clients/3/35/3566a42c83b0accea4ba2bdfee5c7976/File/45117617620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4d7b13d4a---68489485013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanexavogogojakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608220a81ee70---40826148110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_B740E7E8BC158C0C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ddef6021c0---89753000859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b1347ac45---27269151951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868781ebb95---97408771061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c5e2bedd5---69492429895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a49106c9c---33584553385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=personajes+secundarios+de+la+iliada+y+sus+caracteristicasPDF 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
stream_005_off000140df.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x140DF 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 819a14745fead2df060bb6ee337a66f604317abd1dfb86c465a0844e9ae4175a
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113DD 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 69b83b92e428eeafdadfbd585e292765530cca55da941a8c38a11a4050a46825