Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63b37a5857749275…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:46:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 48c07a17bf76e279ef91aecc444a413a SHA-1: ab7be328607c415ac98ebe0b89be298c3374ad00 SHA-256: 63b37a5857749275600b37e47ca1295855673ac3a97d6edead9754cb16076536
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and delivering malicious payloads. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/32900748336.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73b29bb5fa---67771776999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bf5c126fd78b393149dcae525e8abf/lodanefukazukifugozije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458ij842ru2mutkqvjc6d8i5dt/nudefipewifujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/nofeziwebadupiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76569995393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712668aa0fb---48692439430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d437f91a89---fufowovatigunomeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/mozorewokavipasifozoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jijudizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/93920237061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c1dacf0e5cebe578def9e98d0251d7/fedatibikoweluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/texuxifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/muvuvibibipukumides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashhadgardi724.ir/basefile/mashhadgardi724/files/32571501131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77e70b014e---noxurelofuwajuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da15bd300282daf25d89312c3ad764b9/zedenamobimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608655ae971eb---zokilitirepopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/530be2c88c9a4ed45e469a632a73022c/milukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87126591942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brigitte-farner.ch/userfiles/files/92426183064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc46329661---15070742341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/78636039528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090307504628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/32375940403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608742c6c097e---geboxotubiledalisekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dionex+ion+chromatography+pdfPDF 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_off0000b94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB94C 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 636180c6fbe425550fe0bb1c5377aae70ccdddb344eee750906740650c36d277
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2B6 15744 bytes
SHA-256: 930daced0ff289174607062b10b450de45493d50b61f3bf6aa7f1b6de59d1902
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1