Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b63a06d36c4970dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 09:46:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6cd1c577455f3c1cc6ff2760ef24a290 SHA-1: 0dfd2c4f087d3428580d86dd4a5ffd7b92e3d6e5 SHA-256: b63a06d36c4970dc5d3db31586a2f455c91eb35cb2f934902425557b85f03966
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=limits+of+composite+functions+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a24e7ab2b---kitizoduselof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/xalemiwamazorofogezetepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/93426921692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d071c08e5c---3096202300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a41fef296---rukomuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d3ed0f312f---3336981210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/wesaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cftef09mmstsrol6v6tubi7k7/56863182710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/jafevedezekutanetufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868eaeb8828---9793533926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161104b4f5c304---14044949964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airbaankhubon.com/userfiles/file/66589230679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/341b4e5159c1e490d4f7b8f202ddf964/39906956333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/jozubufatojawujepipifawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da6f1a4c833bfe0167bf6d159e51f412/pitimerigamebitizalizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/jemosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/87211850273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmhomeschool.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/kafuzapigejajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/fubogabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizesblokk.hu/files/file/86254503096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4fe7cd163c11a0afdb2302cdbd74800/pubetizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagojomagepozawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/jumexanuvugugewokegik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cf979986facb0238ec2a8e7fa8348a/37806445479.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d415.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD415 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 10a9886a7e53cfe4144e225e71b227334286ce3cb1235f4184adbb305a8245be
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED39 16428 bytes
SHA-256: e9ee69fe0b5ac4a3a4198636058fd98b6f183b48f7e1bd248dd254676d4be4e2
font_02_sfnt_off000103e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E4 19088 bytes
SHA-256: d5865020bca05be48affe3fd0f38f49d92d10cea2ab89afda8b1ce0fbed85351
font_03_sfnt_off00013693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13693 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1