Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63dd01209cf2c317…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:02:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26138f3d834684c67d7876c9784c49db SHA-1: ca4dc384c4be04d75599305698c121ec7d7ed74a SHA-256: 63dd01209cf2c317db2d5950f2292a13e41cea9952574b3bf92f276788a51aa0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The file's structure and the presence of these links strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sonnet+18+worksheet+pdf
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/38329649721.pdf
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/livukikuwetapofegiwi.pdf
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78b1f4dafa5c24b6293d859d81b1ec83/pirura.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9824ae02a7---zezem.pdf
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/65367672129.pdf
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/visaxexuvep.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6667bc9ffb---73486189018.pdf
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/guborisu.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/forepazonogowilewa.pdf
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21900986825.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24ca8e3674---48991917493.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bbcafabb44---digolelakisogejorozi.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/tisikoti.pdf
    • http://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/totofu.pdf
    • http://fujiya-la.com/uploads/files/kamilonagetabenofud.pdf
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/wilavelotanexokafonumog.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92220d40188b9e2e41de862d08f67f8b/xobuxibulurul.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f143dbbd4c302913f58476d7d0fa08e3/3508149885.pdf
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/xepowupi.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e69d423ae2c019bf5d3d52119b7150/wozexide.pdf
    • http://rentbucharest.net/images/userfiles/zozuposuvabirijowibunove.pdf
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/87063407056.pdf
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a672560ec08---90547399677.pdf
    • https://at2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/sikuwefekadefagezi.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb647e9432687e4f75fc45e1cd9afc7/dogexitonazobalisevajebov.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_off0000c71e.bin
0a6403f0f74c7fc177e587fcbad5325581ce0e18720bd8b0b97104d4bf30099d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC71E 17012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f30a.bin
51258a8df87395842ede0e1afe911f7156909b8ec9b9bc9ee572495d01e899e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30A 10808 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c04.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C04 16792 bytes