Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b65cda04bf59b269…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:36:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 391e0ad47c177edac2344ee3497e3dc0 SHA-1: 4416343f5907b2739d6cfe50a139d45690a2ecc8 SHA-256: b65cda04bf59b2693d6daeb1efd5f87019f47b21769a9bd445410c2f95bae05f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing pages or malware download sites, aligning with the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d53829d4d---rodiparobupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0gqq3jtkjel2hlf1tlirs495/18323503658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ijuurbcr066rskgj3oe2jb4bhbsrri/66950293815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugibivigelirosonusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/81114692791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/051d1a5b22625f833ef32042cfc6dc44/volabadidunonopabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/75899018511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/9648413161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/81584304626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/lukemukexifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/numal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fc6e16363---dosuwugega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabagdasarov.ru/upload/file/84423734885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607388096976a---46182918594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/12296018600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/065c93843c736470a1b83a566499ec85/busunevowaxuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/499d2e7712f70eafec737ee2e93255c3/80581551657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/noxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b171b3caf5773596d97137aed99ca99f/lulajimokikesodipoxuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/28069735695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/genunovibunazonadozepula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/lepajasifagofisazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fermented+brussel+sproutsPDF 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_off00010595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10595 18008 bytes
SHA-256: a6f13acfdd32b8be386067aa319fa43c8470dab14b8118c9a239bea4b615b613
font_01_sfnt_off00013504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13504 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D1B 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 220c09b862d8bcd29d2276797a4843572ea185786127639df1a13e65f1d40a16