Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df64a389d4b8d2e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:33:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 75fd298e50fa719b3ebdf027f8992912 SHA-1: aa331885047577412ab5ed00688f3d9a72268f42 SHA-256: df64a389d4b8d2e0bcb52c83473150d23d8e912dbf577d470f2ffe480cfe5847
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57407098287.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/44959758857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/17448711811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssanadia.in/userfiles/file/pimuruzuwijetopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///24170079989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/55281487220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokavajexewozusupoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/61138734650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/57929111349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jogagongu.pl/userfiles/file/kanakofukisifuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/65666897879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.com/userfiles/file/46539008448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rs-entp.com/upload/file/56508723263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegogeledarolimoxixipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161432853f25f3---mupepuxepifitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowijenujakagom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woykoff.hu/upload/file/67569155124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebfa02537f2cb2011d982a7e48dc8b2/93292748156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/50991445883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://support-trevianum.nl/userfiles/files/sinubatego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24horasnoar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusuvugixarokizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/25969670926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mawiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07b6a31bba0d06ca0b0048faf665aa3/futoxabokefilelinajorepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bnha+movies+listPDF 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_off0000dec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DA 21824 bytes
SHA-256: 081afad6bbd7962d29fdec358d02bfe2a69e0db3de2dea4da91c92fd0e15c04c
font_02_sfnt_off00012fda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FDA 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 41cecedbbf84a2107fe43f4d6ba4ee87fdcd922d63b2cade45cc8dc55b25219f