Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63a5965d0d0ac221…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 16:56:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 749c1dd4c598d1d541bdab05b083f75b SHA-1: f5ebd0467254d0fbd8b8a4f6e92edabe95978050 SHA-256: 63a5965d0d0ac2215bc2e524f0c76c5a55ed17a2b73a0f458ee9edd53dbe98f3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a633dcb7569ca24677115ccd38450b6/zomuturejidagejaridufogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e0a05dd52---79516607848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64rm3s15gjilpfp7h4b91rdprt/pegexojapivelumifijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/69300587439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/pomeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depiwago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/53015602129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d26ded742b0394f31715199f031f061/62142195565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubles301.jp/files/ckeditor/files/71166793258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/xasurizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/goganagigovitiluredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46065431120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop//contents/97400234911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/97656260136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6755b132---feteruxejezabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/99586636588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8d1c5a1efa---57945167484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28b4d3d7f1---popasofiwabigoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae7901f027---46080948332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/86124510648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83046384540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/rokemateketimitelukonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b00a5aceae87ed82e2f8ab561ea9a529/tisaditiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azs-szermierka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/70608724335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077739cb3aae---69847929210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=continents+adrift+an+introduction+to+continental+drift+and+plate+tectonics+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off00011b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B8F 16860 bytes
SHA-256: d2be7aa2e6c530539e0879ea738f643d78d2d233083fdb60ba7af95986cb6a6d
font_01_sfnt_off00014731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14731 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 0f2117a7c146354137ae23c9aa6e0a79840d893d1756a6ef9e195d929e80eb71
font_02_sfnt_off000160e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1