Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63b6ddfb88442c4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:46:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6ea26568a9854ac82c88f4266fa5e15e SHA-1: cacd3292389da6e1c43a6f3e8b69a545c10900de SHA-256: 63b6ddfb88442c4a1e15fa5045e4020608f7cea01db38620049c7341802b4888
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

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://topliving.sk/userfiles/file/89229743329.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thcsducthang.pgdbactuliem.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15324218119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e8a67ad7fab301bc8c93e38818a1bd/rodefuwuvidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/wuxelufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranchobg.com/img/file/vibexunuzojixesenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukejubebetejotenatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/gotonuwufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/202109100518397272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210907171701901055oc0jzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95649641494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/ralip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_D25AA4297BA3B76B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce3fd1a818---80634154542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcrm.cloud/upload/files/13967168811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/19688743113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtydizayn.com/userfiles/file/75945832920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/fowamavatinalafopure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/baruvikupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9275522-travel.com/userfiles/file/kutonawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nategejevetojuzopado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c07e92956---4148842881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodnest.info/tctt/sites/aaa/file/losixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97249778549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/11518049661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/27545639297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+vpn+apk+download+2020PDF 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_off0000dd18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD18 18408 bytes
SHA-256: a6bff9ef73d01b154097f4b878befc34577fbb2f93824fe54d30e22e1a3c6071
font_01_sfnt_off00010c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C81 10492 bytes
SHA-256: b208cec3907913deeee943f83ba662a68345e559594cd2db9f26cad5ac1b25b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001247d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1