Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63341915af7f79f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 174f3ee168fceb9ace8003861959fad6 SHA-1: 2c0683da1ce4ff4aaa326834b7fd4c720aaf68e0 SHA-256: 63341915af7f79f317a9142542ad9b3feded0a9392181502560717ce195057aa
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to external resources, including a high-confidence link to a compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to download a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification further indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/50749546303.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57702d546c44fdea4a35b7dc249e784/84601216779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/dojokenomunizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9342c8ce7d6d77f31056b24fe28c7c5/lesekajopulerazafafodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/pegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/20785511121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosubezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0060eeb394---85003499951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607626ad73282---34653585609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a236f7173a---xufadamekazapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/dadawunokebabatede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021052003300827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimandyoo.com/userfiles/file/51027323990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609447a941f50---83022066689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caabb223ec---51171031351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/bavadetasafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/paruvevedugokulesoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmetrix.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64461391004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/57547894971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48566835649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3006f1710b---21594529930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ierlnpq954nlr56hdm403i2g9/2220642917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ghd+sports+live+cricket+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000e630.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE630 17872 bytes
SHA-256: dfca71ebeb38ebebfea50a936ed982052328d1af3d06a6dc93437ff44977195c
font_01_sfnt_off0001152b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: b1e08c61d1b4f5e2eb49f2fbd3ed7b60e86955b62e3375c8cfebfa74eca1c340
font_02_sfnt_off00012e69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1