Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e64d77d4591906b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.3 KB Created: 2021-08-23 09:21:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5666b9c0a85ecca3f458a33c6548facf SHA-1: 65be6f51d3e4f74b7aa3ae896b36185da787d637 SHA-256: e64d77d4591906b7cdd6014ad2bb0d3ecda6c9c110160d93c4181ead5cff53c5
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 pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to directing users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9867

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 http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e3abe60cd---soxurelofijowid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brainerdhs71.com/clients/0/08/084bd9d902c6a1e3ee48703551c87841/File/10665608290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67191462808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a31040d8d---temuvedufezepuwutapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/67128754254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/jezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/11925485835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/55234358248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1611c6a33bf556---51703721304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/52764013443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a26682013c---batotakofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/vodete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/64762577623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gq84o5om3jsvb4hmn07erc8h1/lisuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/37056894564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5275334876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lndt6r5vb8ibg3ast66sh7e1l6/43322056142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pcq2emnu9r19fa5fd7agfg892/levujujikoxixigojideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df587af910e45f0282914ba721f5528f/63810591037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0f3vbun8mal0kpqd50l50ru51/21261412413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4c56ea729f---71495280251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisotirukajuduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/13297922842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623a76031405f31ff21fc3b00e643b8c/vovimedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/62869198359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba8e96fefb---fixanitoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85020e81cc---tovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+delete+pdf+pages+in+mobilePDF 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_off0001313b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1313B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001494d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1494D 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 12e756f8e48242c5cd04afa18528b18c314325e65554f9bb0b568b8ec56b9091
font_02_sfnt_off000178c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178C0 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 4daf66ca8aa518f80dde7170fc967cf1b67e78bb77f54d132fdf27cdd2c3d315