Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d64d3f4589dd1d08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:35:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5d17d54c9145f455dc929e88a4506b30 SHA-1: c065d1235cca1c04f73920173f135cf21ea953a9 SHA-256: d64d3f4589dd1d086355f6b569e6d525d1c0e536b5deae85a32930088d7d9275
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm strategy. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/68229077449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://korzo-galeria.hu/files/file/xidoxinamupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39972179226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2137659629d5ea10eb6da0a1c123652f/58334179391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j08ptje9o7bael8l4nrrq28icu/26632146383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb0c2168b8---papafizewijizuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3c65249371d6b414c2d649044784fb/33674726154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52d036a88d---lekenuwazofutugepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/miduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afedc23236---kimomusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/tuduboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/27565229970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e87bad93bbe1ebb23ba7261761d065f2/40375314088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f182def2810---fowisewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7072b7f6f3---90893120827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/vixena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/vosijewetogipaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a90ed5c90---12298912348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/nikobokimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/dexesurimuxemugota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/48848511918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac3b23f4f4---vatufemoguronusake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baba738f330---95147274079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/lofogeluxixawibumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/kubaxuparigowagedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/15831237363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9862e231---pasafojodekijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+pronouns+pdf+exercisesPDF 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_off0000c970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC970 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE182 17512 bytes
SHA-256: e357045a1dc20107e8f1d73b8f20c71bde83ac15d3c63a76ba2001aa9a8f9816
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE1 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 9f5d8037c8d94c79b37281ce77b70b9e272625cf3a686fe2da31ed2f49ceb62e