Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65eb8ccd738c9a7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:30:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 30d193c53425a52eca99f39964cf8a05 SHA-1: 1bb94728a4510531f3949ac4bebbb5b03625dcfe SHA-256: 65eb8ccd738c9a7ae29dca47d5673fc18c6e3b21b71c7999ef0e91fe0ab8fb69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e414ef061d---34595442678.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f97a46b3bd---wapidefisixeneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210609045454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/64840419601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30427cafe6---40371455106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/revavewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084be4dbcc34---93886493275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/79950811145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/88812782610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://txextremecarts.com/userfiles/file/53347000777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81736678165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88d754904a---dujejozowuwipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canevinclassof70.com/clients/6/6b/6b8b8ee0d314e59372afbcb75100d768/File/nolaloxifemojogeguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccc443ce7d---wijesoxebitojeguxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/lulufokenileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/sunipapilafojojelalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866b6673987---simokanexebegeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/86718238638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acccfd865a9---dowimapizobuwiboxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807b1116bb3---71278052566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbe9f244aa---60219659464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orosweb.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17330357391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44903350517559a34668cd17a97b361/25422461262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/34313353415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2751d01f72---pomigixipawudozixabowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+plant+tulipsPDF 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_off0000ecf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF3 10188 bytes
SHA-256: 5cc111a1fb03f699fe32b4246f12d23713f04beaaaac12533a9c15dab5ba2ea6
font_01_sfnt_off000103e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 21b918133b21ed865c33f1088805a01639dec6ffad1f472c060103ecb9e9a3a6
font_02_sfnt_off00012f8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1