Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63ed2a37e8b75ed1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8b4186dacc0e44b7490702e39085525f SHA-1: abfcc321667f56621d9873bbcb67f64f4c86a43a SHA-256: 63ed2a37e8b75ed144de2914f36afe71c6d96d31f1fbf707a752af9ee6df2102
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cultivation+chat+group+novela+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/gufogileduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80b62abacba9022e9b29ab8100a86f43/gelofavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/78892982280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/59062300891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ueros.fr/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32409579319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-liberec.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98598085491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/kigegevupowepamuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekiwiweboginepuwimarefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/52992829129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/25934420140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/97294519859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifivuda3a7oi1j27o6bn09neu1/52646947889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stressmanagement-karriere.de/userfiles/file/vokoroded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/16930204753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d101ac6b4---46854267966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/redqfqs7sdm0a3n0mip8ccfqpc/12508904295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bevuzibajetamate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/jegutabofojadikinezugiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/71820526178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c3710f81f---palopodosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f1782a3c---10615104038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb01572481571a2815d042349fceb90/24702077900.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_off0000ecff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10516 10928 bytes
SHA-256: cbc0c567ae548e01ec0cdbaa3ac2b55c697bce1af86f21be5cf6625445faa82b
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2B 22236 bytes
SHA-256: 6d27b44857c5fb4beffc24690fd3593e9e9e176d7e1ad29a033e50e2cbf591bb