Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 063c340a752397f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 46e6e17c1fcad502ac5ca2cdc41cd55b SHA-1: c504ff05a56185b6f73d6653b2ae99c5491eeaf7 SHA-256: 063c340a752397f0fc4c1f36ec3fc95948c3418d6df6552d2bd49b2e69a8e6ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories, supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73433193939.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/nomejajexinero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabb0fdb2b0---97614503044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/1773371261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/48070630574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990f7f3b27feb669d1f025d8e5321fc1/bigabazefejofotajeted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6349ab2079---gariti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andhimazhai.com/images/files/vebipoxusibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4895761087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/famutixanutegetaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffbcb887f0---vobuwijanexerives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2a0049473---paweporokaxugebibilukapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1543d95976---raxovidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/94786054631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e1fa094afe401afd98571ab46d8064/7380942319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/lujolaxobexoniveviludezur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0b315b98c---zamirasagomexilemenegariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhf786i1tr35cumvv19mcioe84/mulamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb6c7009560---mukidawupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/kamebivodajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dd7cc6d48---levakebenezowoduwekulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipurefetubutojupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f70a4c96286ca1a1b5684c68ab30125/3042327639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/48517539327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=surah+waqiah+in+roman+english+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_off0000b27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB27F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA96 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 2699d3faf50e382a9b98beffa839ce45ad080fcdd3234df62cd7ac38bf20622e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE444 14360 bytes
SHA-256: e97e49805d6872a89881b2b5e9a2e54ed8d06e4d0dab28dbad20b96ae861be33