Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b65c974a5f826da7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:54:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cd0f5cac8508ebf339f4348034ee1888 SHA-1: 6eaa58d0b98b34eb92692b87e08e552eaa17c84e SHA-256: b65c974a5f826da799db1f186f7007f17aa92be6319901c88bb307a2a15bbf2e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, distributing links across numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, aligning with a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blue+pelican+java+lesson+15+exercise+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74dc887203dc4413403d0804a08c49d2/41991664272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58210196965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehebqitms77ud4jduuf42lnj85/dejifiwizobubativexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/dufalesutemikeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a997131ba6---90322808156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/zunujomabarigifanomabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montaze.org/democms/userfiles/file/mibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/41262448228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f26710fe02c0d3e1648398e7f779d1/befame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/31254548719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f1e8807ff00adf324bf39a8d97f4f83/24524704343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/57699599224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e48986c75f---webifomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/4735947258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drq2vne59dqnbso57f3gim3mvm/59277007001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061112542373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/7806681196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8da64b4d3e---47127050498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k64l83timgi4uc3bfs2cvl6b56/58101150748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69t4i1er01ondc915hetqj7q9u/vejubirofijuxemunuwini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rallyteamwalraven.nl/file/dozusivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/64238115723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6aee1d25aa---zixiwexorajodubawipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8e6c6e3f404f6e3ccc38ce58d9ba50/gaxojopinowonekejuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc7831af28cd9ccd06ac7e878c996eb/gelone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/1732578389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/xokidifo.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_off0000cb15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE327 18192 bytes
SHA-256: d86d993503df13d94e3de6736c249c3a0b44116ec2adad80449fbcc1ed31ddd8
font_02_sfnt_off0001138a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138A 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 1ece1f643be552e0a971a8f65348cd061d6d669b0e62900591c7120db109ac9c