Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63a13c178042104e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:26:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 741dba2336691ac4169455f06b786a00 SHA-1: e9f2e96eaf54ce9ed6ae1d475f6ba2bf453cf2a1 SHA-256: 63a13c178042104e6736f12067d5649e90c5f5b964992f0a25cdb13d5e4d8ea3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads or exploiting browser vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/52970218936.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jdjcnc.com/upfolder/e/files/20210921224421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/felufajadowagezebosowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/58637995507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/vowifuvawisubarimibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt19kjd53aetn6va5ot8m43jks/73905748999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/terofiwuzekowolomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613187b0e829b---tofovaloxoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truck-transport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raripoporomizexowaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkingparts.com/Upfiles/file/16219339319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309175f0f21---zeserafokekozuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c53a839db058281cb06c5d8a04c7bdf1/zomuxelejavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inkjetartandimage.com/Uploads/file/77680781441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpu-beratung-brendle.de/userfiles/file/mivizadomudexisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonvvama.net/filespath/files/20210923030843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49103211255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210920092820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/tusipejusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togul.org/sites/default/files/file/50606636481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161451f6ea96bc---jekitubogitatoruvonifapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/mutagetowuvadaxagukujena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613888064ae79---dibovurosajune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seteo-dechets.com/images/file/52245055257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/kavufevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=unfortunately+vidmate+has+stoppedPDF 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_off0000da2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA2D 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 4493b4356f418e6f24d81016ecf7488b7b89f4d66323db421a28eb1ab4472fce
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3BB 17812 bytes
SHA-256: aaf561e9c67c8844ee327351d57726ea5121f20706af0d09d30fcaf8e8a84fe5
font_02_sfnt_off00012248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12248 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1