Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d63e38bde78df14f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 10:09:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cda87e24db50ac86ac1cbaa6699fded8 SHA-1: 074628c767b06fb3deb77cc3c333125d9e6e565b SHA-256: d63e38bde78df14f32fdac39f1cb54ca85ea6d9966b93a68037bfdec205c9442
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL findings suggest it functions as a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tarzan+the+ape+man+1981+movie+poster PDF link annotation
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f7a66e5d5---56014560161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linkevicius.com/upload/galery/file/11294037682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha04jornf2ko779a7m747uhs31/litubabopizavenufamuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210804191230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/zilirabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///bagaxajivadoxaxujademe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/sanusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe29bb6984---43376096382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/52903288903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609520480b9ca---merotosaseruvovonaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d00ae020904---ravuwimafuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d70a60f385beb546ecde867ed40879/53041791081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c6e17de25c72e31b40e9f02451b86a/derekukezurofubefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/zizusilowelepujitokurepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923ef5076db---95147070098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/95718497402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbd569c258---zapajapifisupexeraxosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/11095510917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/denogopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/zikoluxuwiwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/56147428708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/53738769647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/26302690685.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_off000102a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A1 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 8e755f10c03dc6703caa110de565a26e486170c270cc7171d2fdf2fc0dbecc47
font_01_sfnt_off00012fe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE6 10988 bytes
SHA-256: dcc71b02dff43e49d2a1f82afaeb482a4d4809d27f6218aa95a61a6f6bdb1a05
font_02_sfnt_off0001495f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1495F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1