Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63d0aba0c5d7c3c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: baf112bd3f61601e63571e71aa68374b SHA-1: 9995d1c81f6dc9c4b729ebe8b6aa136a84f7666c SHA-256: 63d0aba0c5d7c3c54848bfdbc23e8eacb32ae8eb3ee2f44d7a069042149509bc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the nature of the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=graphing+tangent+and+cotangent+functions+practice+worksheet+answers
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/kovug.pdf
    • http://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonoweteminerenixanaz.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725554e28c6---82097437544.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79hefvoc491f0rc3qcuskc1kd7/26259658052.pdf
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f8997bc657f1bff9fdd58231881f566/29960806805.pdf
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb29c612b3---23521397350.pdf
    • https://grafconsulting.pl/Upload/file/jugufobotosakirikemepofi.pdf
    • https://lapiadinafelice.it/file/rikoxisolakirom.pdf
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/jinidoligetexamagejopote.pdf
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/62567438110.pdf
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/37688030329.pdf
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/nowazesusafukobezoninar.pdf
    • http://hoctienganh123.net/upload/files/jidiwudutarasitisevafutur.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cf26ef78b---5065902219.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54a1fb0793152e91e306e96a21b6f65/83639075943.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ffc2184ff---45392709020.pdf
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9p3khi26iecfjf3kb1moq273i/gukewedixuj.pdf
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/67071645194.pdf
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/6297030353.pdf
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/746ri0c1lq4qca9l68s3r8ugao/vajirokuxuvibat.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e959047f474---12225956502.pdf
    • http://energcomb.net/cms_enercomb/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/36495376425.pdf
    • http://mramus.com/fck/imagesfile/5012878106.pdf
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/43276114155.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be8c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE8C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6a3.bin
5f105a1c634d24290d5555d8b9ec7f7cdd44523340e840433f6a1f0ad9dee140
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A3 11172 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f09b.bin
05da83222d7cc313c837a8eac008673006683e95484eedc08a66d1307bfb6da1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF09B 17160 bytes