Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63f3ca7ac05c9aea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-30 11:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 03f90532bd8b2d3c9ef4a5b69db791e2 SHA-1: b2d8e09538abcb6fa37d31b8eab97d87abd5a98d SHA-256: 63f3ca7ac05c9aeaf13b68750b74a7a28966695b3b43f6b821fd8efd5de23d86
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

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.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c08a0b8e9---87787309793.pdf
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3681242768.pdf
    • https://www.soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/pemudomegox.pdf
    • https://jdsliquorlocker.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lisanowetesaxaxofe.pdf
    • https://mepho.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakegagoga.pdf
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/43021611029.pdf
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/78414312545.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e8852d9a0---jazaxoxoruvatipawin.pdf
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/35982889737.pdf
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/zevegegosiz.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331c2a21667---lugukegifelolipowudutunax.pdf
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/25619607795.pdf
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/vubafafuwudanazupeda.pdf
    • http://clanlogging.com/userfiles/file/lonejofiwotuxedatig.pdf
    • https://manhremhoangvan.com/wp-content/uploads/files/55423031330.pdf
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4967476078.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144951c129ee---37829670700.pdf
    • http://alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/ximajenerutado.pdf
    • http://hstairan.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/jilasenum.pdf
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j0sntv598lp0442cdaaq4dg8f/fejenerarexojibodu.pdf
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56060030555.pdf
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/50381352052.pdf
    • http://spbmedax.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/nivowaxur.pdf
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/mizap.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=droid+vpn+free+premium+account
    • 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_off0000b436.bin
d77105eab0be7d058bbf6506790b0fe03fa910dd36635552ca1bd8bf6afc043f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB436 10732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccdd.bin
1b439a6ef7c98e87c456f16f5ce386a537931b3b9e949d15632aa0ac6523e37a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCDD 16748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f785.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF785 16792 bytes