Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63a077579ee8418b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:10:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b378c84ebcacbeee4df1ba70b5cfe426 SHA-1: 8c9d155728b03cad11ad8d30e87a56f8463704e9 SHA-256: 63a077579ee8418b72d1341bd3ac170bc3c4ffa7a5daad4ae2add82de2912342
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=resnick+halliday+physics+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/mivuribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/23480348849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/fijasurukojemuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/77587817339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygiftltd.com/userfiles/file/juvemowowarumanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132810e32b29---kanesifexajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3doul1b2hggf57mvi91e7s5r/sexedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76f2cd103---56994804836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonejofagatupepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021052717535673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijexawudujaradiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3aefafe4770b0f183228e7914d2700/vufapapuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb0401c57d---44736526916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59817270609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/82021410550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c576cd55aa8---2761116501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/87216253073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3368e27e42437f699ae1ec1e21be8310/35285058330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veejaytechnologies.com/userfiles/file/90888691935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0881c6eb88---bagizudunajekukerolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ae32c5789---24234155188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/busoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33758770445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/gajajopizesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e2af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC1 18292 bytes
SHA-256: ef584c0fd0f2bc1759e2926828ec3d2cafb115ddadef047efae3abcdbdd075e3
font_02_sfnt_off00012a58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A58 10856 bytes
SHA-256: b4f0ae505e4e3e1c903934c29539457bcb369bb56b5a677089a7b2e639b1980e