Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d65d98a1808a97f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2feb10a6b6aaabbe7c6957c38947241e SHA-1: f024741a16088c8dd43adc225e79ba25e66eeceb SHA-256: d65d98a1808a97f3d763cf49ed08cf8c3faced31794b41f469f8f7a7eae9b45a
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 malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

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://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6739a0add484b4e20b6b0aa3c7f31786/4136538827.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54601f81b607fc9ee726297ec333a1de/mafukizifezumiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg0e13i1jfecal08832btlog7e/76703223102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/wifivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25970625265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/setb8ttdl4gekh6941c1s4qo30/jikagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/62210115141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a918c8ef730---22529121468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/51304668772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608001e340222---popodovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95abcd4cc33d4f97496d4da7f2fb09c/petesanilumogiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e2026019d---81645801898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1kkgtaan1i9jdf16ki6i3vrec/kagenimixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/zokibexevupaduzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/sepomubupuzajugisonavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4068e4d5fc2650646ccf7e419154bf83/19610397260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8ab389a9c---xuzapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08da197757ddca97d00cc4634727404/navujutujosufavefafibudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/14319139208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/judur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b00397c550---wawowunuxuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtu0tbm9fi2nctbu73uuo8sfr5/wibexibawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/zemokofuranale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=infinite+solutions+equationsPDF 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_off0000e244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE244 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 176e9704a28c99b462815057a901b13c90d22c7dc014f89bdbe74e554a838e02
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A2 17320 bytes
SHA-256: c35fb2ba7237ba442aaf0f9584050cfcded5b2856dde4ecd387c5c433c176a1b
font_02_sfnt_off0001272b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1272B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1