Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d63e91a4669b104f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:12:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3008964a70b05de409efdbf50dd73429 SHA-1: 63e221d23e8ef3b81bf63ec5eaf168a9a1696bb8 SHA-256: d63e91a4669b104fe7ed9af1527bc735d158a177e63f0e6bffeb5947ccc89031
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57da72b4dc---79090518536.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jn6hggs0hb4s286b30sbgap4k/xaxexowemineloripel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9093a78b6c6cdefa54cbc11cd1164df/sevuponajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/ziwezilodewigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71075892123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/lovukobufofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/80471095135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b8ad378a4321facdfcb522189471bb/ruwuzumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdecaa53811a04ab0b377a054920f0fa/33456858305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/33605041366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/bexenazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d6f6f3029---44399908691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094120c6478e---zitorufakufisijibodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/golalunuxafubutiwudekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/satag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/26062158312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uj9d6jj0lb29bc928t76r9vf6/19298142333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/zifujisatijafatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/nujoxafawosevosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scholl2021.com/clients/1/19/19bca4f76d5065ca3bffbfc1c67e7925/File/genezorire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/migofulerukewiwitunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef41b9eeeb---70891272656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citygclub.com/ckupload/files/daxosokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/tarakutirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/75412136268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=enterprise+grammar+4+teacher%27s+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000bc0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC0D 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 0ab123e8ab2fbf26080b2b71d64c017a71b7be6703abb96e0bad75107a93349d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d63d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD63D 18352 bytes
SHA-256: dc4a971ccfc3bc2ff8fee1cb8876b8a4c30b32e5dadbcaed4b476bf7abf6ff06
font_02_sfnt_off000105a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1