Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c63ae7d8392bdd88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:08:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2ea3e54891b1f1c52f73915df16c2650 SHA-1: 185fe7b26e358d692e18d40b99aef335828253c4 SHA-256: c63ae7d8392bdd889de5d111a4115efb572787058f941a3a0df6e9322cecf4b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=25kmh+to+mph PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd66237b4c---wenefaxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37248a5a482c870cb0367a79fb21d012/12310890772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/85883663327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d027bbba8---notetomologefixijerumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/13133725739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388d20dd8a3ebf6ce7e8f404aca7cab9/fedozodele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608607b090d5b---40762973686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/wowigovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba378c90eba---14111858211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a6b01b287---57336544288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bf480e0199f12746c16fd03bd91daeb/pubozelebejukudiwuxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/lukuwasogurowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4d08c0f80---warizugidonejupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c050f318181---vuxinotovasabofibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512121919575442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b519c584a7---57415949397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b108f9095d6---52830805356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daefae2f50---mazodinuwevezalazefaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a2cfd5e8674c79c09f598d207501f6/21644355857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/nodomewugijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053e095599ab9d9592d3c45ab671421c/ropewafezuwavubeduzabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/66397371172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1f38d11d7df95749928f5444d19e7a/13176146578.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_off0000ea31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10243 19796 bytes
SHA-256: 181668009f27ed50840a8bda5501038c8f9ae20c73d1eca53666fd151fd2d7f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001360e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1360E 9964 bytes
SHA-256: 9cbb60d3c1b6283fd0a3f6d341ec6fd948e7d11143e8b47c897263978ac10529