Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65ea62b975287971…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-17 07:17:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5be3bb59d67b9f0db2906ebb4c822620 SHA-1: b3a02af52213ef68a507c5f6696694e9f7df044b SHA-256: 65ea62b975287971682cc16ffa1dac78a6bb7d1146176b19845274b73ea46c02
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=install+sky+factory+4+without+twitch PDF link annotation
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987ce0023c7---vimebolerusawadusepawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c650fa96331c1a6e934ad2171ea7f947/wupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a94fd6fd2---15446485530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d28dec4f1---37186838594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08a390a801---dekavipikebifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/63860790863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3929a3c3b---35268786386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790c5dbda96---jejijaxajepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830ecsggvbttg2ag3jd5409k74/nitelegepuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/kaguvomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3088ac7d7e---bodorukepumudonufatudebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4d5f8a8bcfdf418c253aafffc6f70b6/27009024096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/45581088848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9805f0db81---nupagagebafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4362be5faa23ad7760805b63ecad1e10/68901078325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc6bb2ddcc---82246362857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2da613bc6e01b89ddf98c8a455118b8e/mibilozeramodagozijofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/43008836751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://www.patreon.com/JackelWolfIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD6 5016 bytes
SHA-256: fe0039c7b1118a03342b7488536339490917d1b4701ea88ad73a5650479cb842
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE3 11524 bytes
SHA-256: de4ee18af399ba2c94625ef2b457dac108f70f875689de6d2d40c2e4a53548bc
font_02_sfnt_off0001334b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334B 4324 bytes
SHA-256: b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c