Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d665005d8e1f7f4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:38:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1006400c27d705a4382bebf41b1947d6 SHA-1: 5df2131bf0c004f78f813058f94110143a627503 SHA-256: d665005d8e1f7f4ecf5e2d883425f6d990f3bc5492adb42d7aa49a5e152318bf
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS and ClamAV detections, strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload, while the link farm serves to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210822090325526.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/69703174602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f1648efea---65181081228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96323033099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqbjcgn4lu4ajufbgl221ss79e/xefafawejerukolefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f45ad1fd5---xofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27c78006db---40619462827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce8198c815---nufibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/ziwepirezuzejazadeloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607770e5e1e8b---3655478381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatifomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6a497fa1e---62775202632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/5340049768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/10160101862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1982ffa9c17c68009cfef815a407da/69884342328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/24253083471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/72201486490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosrem.org.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotunuwodoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/22272392383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0015f0eca82cd9f5c058fc6ea4f77e7c/7751465969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161240e9e8e699---rubutumasexigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/pisibawuzamufimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf4698199d---lozekolagesulariparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=presentation+topics+for+students+pdfPDF 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_off0000df2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2E 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 4256c6e271ae44017244cc1fd14cc9546591aa513f1138ac761c2c6bd213bc8f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDB 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 75ee8ec0e567f09dba868a9553536d304c84933e04a32d574a7d681b629c8a09