Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63f44edbd94da92e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 52362d96d8f595d8b3b1c845ea1fca76 SHA-1: 94089c4345198c7cbff8c05aebccd83188e3dbf0 SHA-256: 63f44edbd94da92e700c956cd7e0a746d1f311d97d7de848e4b7575c87b714e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript, combined with the link farm, points towards an attack pattern aimed at phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775facc3c0b---89551632220.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukenotapozagumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/pileporegoxiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stelmart.ru/userfiles/file/48111009751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/84800386191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/pidafanevurufivavinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/33448041921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/fawupipuzurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc79c822799---24171226902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/jurivuwinaxezosumasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geraldkleinlaw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63851389283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mm-podium.ro/userfiles/file/85924417583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/borinovikoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/rumelinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13585462249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://25630638.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16870819889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fc0ee016dcc9e353aed7227921433ff/pekekojezisigigal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transporteslaplata.com/imagenes_web/file/nadurowokewiwezusigomerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qekidbimqrgm7pfb5a12s5jq6/jozepunewopusozaxufaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transturist.ba/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/files/zurirubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210520060703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/fuxamovesaxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ookc6cn89hacesd4nb08qffhn/wipamujomodujubixufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/ck_imgs/files/fewuzuborudijajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/memamifupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=att+redigera+en+pdf+filPDF 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_off0000d9d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EA 17316 bytes
SHA-256: c49e3b08881cf34cb7fe509ffa7772d5c8c721c45ac34c9708c86e93a3daabba
font_02_sfnt_off00011da6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA6 10368 bytes
SHA-256: c64bccccb9cf551704661c4cfbf79bfb777db696ced17879c275cea25d66c5f2