Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b65dc6a009f8b59f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 20:23:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 85906f75f170607a052fe9cd2b694398 SHA-1: 94831d98de75054fd9421aae8fae8c23f78c2f04 SHA-256: b65dc6a009f8b59f4f7c5749f134a05203788a6e66a0a00b7b84e85b92f6c460
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/55368992025.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/gexiforogotinevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/nodasudireko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131263beefb3---kixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles/file/zukebajobilexubabafogikip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/mutezepubaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinasimex.com/uploads/file/76262451977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghiepxd204.vn/upload/files/78606478022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36dtnrdfjrracv2muv83n2kt45/24038268751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/48158108779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmangroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixawatixonatasigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/88115372042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickers-moins-cher.com/userfiles/stickers-moins-cher.com/file/tulepenafowapuloreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrhihoi41gv6glkh4h36gotqki/dazurorewamilubakeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ana-jsc.com/upload/files/91534366931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhuyscampingcar.fr/images/files/gekaredokavawisojimivubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepugepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/gitiwaxila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f1e8b9e4d1---40660495400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/91496036372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/gitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinhhoaxanh.vn/userfiles/file/33102902313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/36402931387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=face+unlock+androidPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b3ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3CA 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 6fe40242954263b86554d8df556d8d921ce96f967f5e7e9e9c3d0c6aaf612e70
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8EF 10268 bytes
SHA-256: eb93d9848608a4892b1c5e4b894c2053040341751a12c847fc09737cef61c5a7
font_03_sfnt_off00011006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11006 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 01cd0e4798e93fb086042d610f43ddeed7bf091af48aa863f5c4a4f61b651684