Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63e0deb0c376e518…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:49:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 80945e82b315551359aae1ce1991830b SHA-1: 5f756176a0b46341aba1769788c58a629672c753 SHA-256: 63e0deb0c376e518baf1b288eb1304f1c7e3a25e8b0e2e417f73baf34186a583
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. Several embedded URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct textual clues to its purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210521031901178.pdf
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/toxubonitoretipavelapu.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c1c9e5e2c---77235941159.pdf
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/fezotur.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607225d5b0189---84249085939.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sae6g2tu7adhhcmuhfour37h80/27924127086.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ca3eb2ea6---mozogiwenixuvoxumabisixub.pdf
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/27893537969.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcdl3nn5q3c64o6b5r0be2eo4/wuvejefotoj.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea207698ac9282355dfc5919d179e7a0/52878654935.pdf
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/fozodowasalakosofudu.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099deffe8a83---vabosige.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766f8ed08d0---sanaxukajikibexodixurema.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01f44tda2qacmacb7kv6183d4/lovopawa.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841d4674a45---bejepezasexazudofil.pdf
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/69031872035.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29a8ec5b09---36667825277.pdf
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742515d149366a52c9ccc26991312a6a/89029291940.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090aa82c1d89---44100826179.pdf
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/kusifizomezujudos.pdf
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609090b9bf538---40002895252.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/15929937806.pdf
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/sapusazu.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366641346d32559564ead13a41971f2c/tugixurolazofosoxir.pdf
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/83848531786.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=praise+the+lord+let+the+people+rejoice+lyrics
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6cf.bin
62ed3fce6fd0ff1831058c4481ff6e3fe76ef545677c1a6581a6ff7dbbbff28b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6CF 17080 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010383.bin
27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10383 16160 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000118fd.bin
7897782117686c7c7df4dc9817726ec842bccd44288f7548e80b9ba14c877df6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FD 10752 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000131d1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D1 16792 bytes