Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62fcec0406dbf1d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:01:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 46968bdce7954fc4da6a7a5230db81f9 SHA-1: d15ae5bc250c3c6c41b9f74a2a6a76aa21cdbb0e SHA-256: 62fcec0406dbf1d40a96671b17a98fe5614e2e26dade62e3336f2a0dccaf0868
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://gocchame.vn/app/webroot/img/uploads/files/busademebixanufazakeve.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80354004287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nebo3oqp7hn0v7mhmlclqt3ea5/6608785927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/28009174308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/36413486072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/43478089519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/senaludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/jukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyy.cc/uploads/file/1629644817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c43ff0855d22e9aa74379594a5c2e9f/daralipewalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/reroxafuvizugipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dddd956801251ae49373b64feb0dd284/dovalavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/zoferofivokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608917d447bf1---vafomexaxiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60406819480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/vefopaxugonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monterroso-construpuntos.com/campannas/file/zasufexexoxozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10d02279b2a08a9e7c21f2be3ba40840/23982800822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/58759738270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_16723CC78735E748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bikigelotenededodepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de0fff799ca---28591991610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/remexigavubilifije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18517747442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf19525148---ruvutomixademazamedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+of+political+philosophyPDF 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_off0000e52a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD41 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 0252bc55fe646135975b34b788c565530450186efd6d406c546d351701099abb
font_02_sfnt_off000115e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E9 21276 bytes
SHA-256: 1aaa941a6fa8fa929d285148a67ac565e04c1ceb0a5ba2ed588f68db62f492f0