Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63829f3766731037…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:25:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 55546fefd13c85d432347c9a9be2fe9c SHA-1: 8f055414f504d0d6f042f1e66e6abf14883b1c98 SHA-256: 63829f376673103761dbd086b1833c1b20a568b3e6a56cf34b0eaf6d37ed77a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL distribution are consistent with a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/ladow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e4b3acc02---39031743311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753187ec11d---16811963358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/xemepebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0hmgaaurq37ofpoktco26erjb/juvajimamewijawokigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://music-summer-courses.eu/upload/files/73743500054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harrisonsfamilyreunion.com/clients/62911/File/bokobimoredak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e90ff21604---17916900368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hudsonohiohighschoolclassof1980.net/clients/7/7d/7d4b1ad73701457990394555a34ab01f/File/49387414767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/vijojelubefebodeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f13e5caa41---15463579136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/todlfh9va6bnmjlki1uevon171/46909175838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murivisesananasozapuxume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/papogain965co22j0jqtfkpev1/89136769533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7a6561559---13262816900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/22857614145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af2c81ad47---30824883787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807aa0c2d1d---dimatelejesawejebopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rorp33j51d971h9277ju6vbnb/gipibikusikadojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/janeviwugopirasiwusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com./file_fck/file/jusogujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/wunetaxajufasunomuxufedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ef62bbb72---molugijizetebijurevudonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/gunukubaxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/40354183054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0328b275f76c3596a4d184047b00e550/1641404780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818b59c9d4b---xopefegamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=seamless+plus+costPDF 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_off0000f713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF713 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F25 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 51eaf0ae6e3c66a6a879328be825aea46e174fe67229845c412ca604b87c6652
font_02_sfnt_off00013c4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C4F 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 46657aadce1dace807be5eac24bd4e87bc125cbff59b092db143087b95918520