Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63ac0349f8cca37a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5e678b6cc86ca22ba606539514f2f90b SHA-1: f6cdbf3af990ddfa07cc9fdd6056333f27bc0e54 SHA-256: 63ac0349f8cca37ae883a5c6d21a075504a1dc14ae253040e9182f8bd74621e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, identified by heuristics such as 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://masukpt1.com/contents/files/40815809458.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcc35ed001---99311248160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/738b1e773e1b7c14fedb5c6462a25ef6/dimufonebamagenulajeneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/13000500502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87780cc1b568ae15248509adab52f579/79871643428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f48474791d---14278828672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/022a4539e7227d9b26583e77619507c0/bavizomemexizixalirugugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f8e13f0a0---rateloramobisaxezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/35445177281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/20773868824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/9200444804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/mugibexabedetowiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/79211546037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natpuedu.in/userfiles/file/38886404184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/53928276512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/123g6vcmhq3flofmfo0ksf4qk2/55684982920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/97664123752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/vuvubatexifitunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e0735de9a---70659541544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aac07379c0---dukazaxezogak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/pajukasepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca973c05d7---38974162642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/resofulotivifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/siwipagowowokemepovawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=algebraic+expressions+worksheets+class+8PDF 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_off0000c493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC493 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 2f147b361a91ec8ff793a87d072813f46f420c38e53d1f972847b5ba28cbff79
font_01_sfnt_off0000efcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E4 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 898582f988fc51dd5a43519bdb94849429ea21fe9e75734a3f5698e9cdbb86a9