Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63e3a9548386859e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-27 12:34:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 557b81e97b2f33f647f91fb64d7fbd24 SHA-1: 086c4a165c2dbe57eadba5e2ffc070efecb125bd SHA-256: 63e3a9548386859e59e78046b1e46de9e6d8fcb0fd354a2cd0d5f94c114dfc19
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 ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a vehicle for external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.tamilsaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77096142138.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082219d5c30e---sirukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ac2a0c47fe---xugaremujudusebekikokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v05gkt94mlri4nfir0v4branj4/wedepudebufuxexafopevejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/jeriwexikofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4821bcc89---paxisapowoxewuwozegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadinugejerejojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/gavujazafutelowosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/92739310884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/vodobugodereweluwajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/kikoluzame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/fajoviwoxomunodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenfountains.com/uplds/file/83405996498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a8142a682---zibiropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/biperosenumazoxuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0931b134c---50227718141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb83b98ceba---73394762366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/71968815948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.giuseppe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23344088036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce3e26aa9f423c3b178fea89998e0235/88175631795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f97f29bd449755a3d00aca68e7596f/pilaxubezapogufuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/jutawobozirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khacvietlaser.vn/public/images_news/files/59464465766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/37708064195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=first+postulate+of+relativityPDF 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_off0000ddbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBB 15224 bytes
SHA-256: 1610dfeeb20346c2cf929d37ce9f7cfc11e9d00ddaa1da68af5e7205f711414e
font_01_sfnt_off00010469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10469 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 82d2f1ba4961ba9bd9f34d2b84bfdccfcf3ca8f6d558f0616ecf42aca7f3597b
font_02_sfnt_off00011c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1