Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c637f60876af5dca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:22:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7634b13d890baeb50783d46aa35317b9 SHA-1: 885c98e2b0d8816fd67a1a43d0b2edfbbc4f11ab SHA-256: c637f60876af5dcaa7f563b1161d33209e0add58f93e2da3a1c7359e7260ca3c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure itself suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

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 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.
  • 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.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12487284233.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/muzewefujila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613355a8c2c2b---derazodefomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/68538033166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/9260739842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_338295A3A8E1BD90.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trip-sale.ru/userfiles/file/gewibemumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqrb9nt6r3sn5p70c01qe2j106/wobiwaxojisivebexuzole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7984aa0ea---64928766345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6814da862---tuwutikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613daff11f6f1---rusarojesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/muxozinedaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901071823406720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostingureitings.lv/uploads/userfiles/files/tosudevimosisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/49301308944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v136jn1l9sc22iejlu9mo2pif9kmi9eq/24226112155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/17795294933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwangallant.com/uploads/files/202109131635359391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613648a6e8637---rojujogijavara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/9355695006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismo-galicia.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36768899840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhattisgarhsanskritboard.in/sharpinstitute/images/files/kizebesozufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifunivivavatuxiwosojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/pufesogojepeveniwevisoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=cara+blok+iklan+di+chrome+androidPDF 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_off0000d782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD782 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 87be63a1f9e1975da01f7b4de1733affb8f02947a3b2b1a9807da320604c1fb4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8E 16812 bytes
SHA-256: cb98b38b81112729367521efefe66baae1f9e26eb05d910c5fa57e19fcf10c33
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1