Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a63dc37d1450687f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e85c3dc9a9c582ae7428913782ff3e37 SHA-1: 137f336c0f2dcbb717a7005ab3b128d0d4940257 SHA-256: a63dc37d1450687f92b11724e6eeb9e802cb1a81dbefc0b23ea398339e96922f
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a link to an IP address and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://reniuved.it/file/20275856365.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bon-mar.com/fck_user_files/file/rutebanelafobiniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/24041516409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scg6v33hdfi6u8vl2laroun8k3/75991723808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/29490660526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/vagetosabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eel1o30eatc9bn08qv9qeqc04/62937772693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/gefomozoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/7321930712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852ee645bc9---40113226468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46936935229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325bb3adfdb---74013229255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/migugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/podurunizulevepixejolowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jghsclass75.com/clients/f/f3/f322050927ea28328664fd088939ffaa/File/26455810481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/teralanezafagaduzoxukowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0608cb9e9---53860881050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/59407299488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imtac.net/upload/files/77059045937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctp7jdtv0nhrajdk9666uo8lp1/41319479274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d61794456210abd72e446ca0d0566ef/tujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://127.0.0.1/kardelenemlak/upload/files/gositum.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/37736713159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/202407a82caaf9e25ce4a5adca058cf0/60695748181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c4bdec2b3---rafewewunorevapevizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/15081135925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=cause+and+effect+worksheets+for+6th+grade+pdfPDF 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_off0000d4ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4AE 11240 bytes
SHA-256: ec5c943fd06bfc958f29c75c5a1a08b2067848937788bd7e8b5b9fb9e26dc80f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010703.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10703 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 2f3ee9ac0ca7ad055855050ec217ad9ae9cc3621be006b4fa74ebfc67e90c2d4