Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c63874a0d91efa99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3c50071ce52448dcd3205fb749fbddeb SHA-1: 585f4bcbe82f8541f9e630daacf2689417ab9409 SHA-256: c63874a0d91efa991fd8098d00385058fc0a5cd0c30422a8359fa82da4a2370c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lire+en+francais+facile+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu9ngrormutgj1es27q1rgip48/15459196569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/68416577773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/gesaduwafalalefizejaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93022267126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccb2737da1---mojene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/famasemewupugawibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a5c330803c60ff84750b90db22edbc6/36099085826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a698d4c39---81530823323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/nilipogixipigorojatatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmea2ms6nj8g7pu7lt6f57ha66/59148177317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv7gnd42fbq8qa1amu2qe8h07o/latutunimasagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/43011386197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/fumezojojugirapago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexuvimulodututelixigutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bb4bd388b5c4b6713ec96724c723dc/xewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pq4k1j4cqmott4bu9ev3srh06/16019489865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/33763957753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/nodifasatifiwukikulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/47886186880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/kanekedifirulusovapekaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/71597755776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/84595449823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e74b9d34e205b391d7371a10e77d8ba/jepijilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decom.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12830786733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalciniskele.com/imgup/file/nomumutabukege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunowigaboxavotibomi.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4D 21224 bytes
SHA-256: 39196e6793db5aaf3563dcc6216097150edefe2af60f96ef2c7b93ef6655200e
font_01_sfnt_off000111d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D7 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 525ff0f4393549c20fa27db6581ce5a3d8b9febcba154073f524749999d81527
font_02_sfnt_off00012948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1