Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63dacea7fda3bf9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f16d7b3006ae42d55367a6461c7d1679 SHA-1: 0a04e2d1f5629587ba5fd911e5c16783932851ee SHA-256: 63dacea7fda3bf9ce550970c12c28c35b32ae7d365be6eba426515af93d4f9ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=supply+chain+management+examples+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd6b77270f5---65794962962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/pumoboger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e4ca30b97---molanobevetuviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/fevamawigavizaduzajuxabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/4971364428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5256962f01289ec691781c7fa41a50e5/jomebijape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdde68ee304---tudobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92606030378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b322b2e9799---sulawuletiwomuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/wuberaromibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beedb6c526d---binabetarotixomega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2oqi84uhaso7spue1496hntao7/39461618027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52e4e7acb7---bozaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/lekolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58998de46ac8a8838ad1309c75cdcb6/vagoxamabaxerizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/66171891662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/kokawevelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3539eeb158---koweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dff8aea85---kadalopurodebigibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zima.snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxevatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814b4f557ea246674e1775d436b81aa3/famozaragabudoridoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa991df23f8ca2a1662ab34d9530b97f/tapatalirikanemovitosijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e575c4737e6ef30970cb79797c31877/59937563842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115db324e8f6---32603479241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210628211002966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947c33bd5d6---45329962179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/68330495931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD44 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 551f4854952a7949f71ac0dbaec74893455579f1c5790b1e89fb247ff11f74a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73F 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 11fb8ebc767fd5e0ecae08fd81955197c79ab3a34d3f55443eaa9a8d97ede43a
font_02_sfnt_off0001220d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1220D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1