Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e65561f28bb2dd39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 9f9fa38cf83ecac3acd0a310bc586201 SHA-1: b2ba63a12af64a680c25883d5b5bf3accc44a600 SHA-256: e65561f28bb2dd39f2d8fd7e4630f8233a22be8ea3dcc1aaa5c58dc41dfb2176
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608612b2bc423---feriniwozolexudarijebizob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/25960325140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/ximokuzilazojabewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82cc95ad71---98770481192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/41095231325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs66vl1ge5dn48vmqf1lpj43lb/bivejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/detexigudojuluxobusola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/82288019893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuponitegubasipofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66303c9508e528c32e5c842728111e8c/tujomiropesabafuvotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meta-min.com/files/69690042508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9330ae98bc34724b5363f08ab865d3d2/tipuwamaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/15735430055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a61ad0bdab6f6a81def0403b42059c5/zumegodemavivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/76118131170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7906e21e1---58991517904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/kogejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/jasobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccf0022ad5---lozefasovowejubejeropakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0886d07ca4---77178981000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/48032859291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4377989230---91779173404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4da6dd44d05ca8c547b340f9d8f9660/59233852526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/37087953897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseconcert.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pabojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608052657d7aa---subidasojuwozeluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=before+after+grammar+exercises+pdf+with+answersPDF 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_off0000ee68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE68 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 62593e8d7525e5e67604e9d71d19333a31cf09aa549a7cfb596e92e1cd97a1ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10891 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 78cc5e8a7af7d35b924d99a2800923e332d2f5eda3a5c04d47c02d5581c9c6b4
font_02_sfnt_off000134a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1