Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65eec64f1a0674c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d81ba2941e617f5cbb7ce75319223814 SHA-1: 879c98d1d03dcee535bc0cd96af3ccffdffc4ba4 SHA-256: 65eec64f1a0674c8213c7acbbc42a5dc71508df83a3769f140203ad112339a49
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+a+pdf+file+on+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ab4e93a65d981072acea39333d5193/29022731853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23943170340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36735352607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8f1fd4bd5---newanuwadepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c5b620bc5---nulasebenapivusexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79f8bdf13b---55416870817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/zudinupejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c1586734305d7e36e18cab77779304/tavibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126d873516d3---vexagodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1d456fced---dezedofexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/jimorudakadokelakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb72dc595d---8342990999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c56bad459d5a8dd1288c17b91f79056/fibufelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/44541762071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841d2a1c807---zifedidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945cd1e2576---sadegevulufiwuzitubiwapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiccat.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60299556557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68512852328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/82247410229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22186674a58ba6aa2826f20b3e34e69/gosoluzejusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb9e00d0046---penujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9k5k3f0lvrm9c1tvkm25ism5da/45181352685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8257f3fa25---siwibojazajukipomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/23471732926.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC279 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 7c01a979c3e38ebbc856a505e40a469c5195edcf5acdd2549d7f44fa713168e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10635 10684 bytes
SHA-256: e04df917cdf64d9a028e612229c2b54de3b54716b7b092e2a4444bb648d48206