Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1561d30b6fe4d6ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:27:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a54765668d36f089b17083ea4fadd63 SHA-1: c7c97c7d5cddaa7da6f3a19a45e5d4c959275be4 SHA-256: 1561d30b6fe4d6ad1f017fa2a316d41c5f56de2fef50547efa656d1bc94f3b78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to external, potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4211cef62affa8dd84a59999c571a192/2098244290.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/83963078594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnigmeafeocn8u6fiect59vp93/fuvevala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608320ad84e25---wamisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc73b5c9c59---85228290934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverleafspa.ca/clients/10619/File/80348905632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bancasemecanino.com/userfiles/files/loxujozoluregurasebinese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nuh21nsrlg09qtousuf86ns2v/71261341138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkimm.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63936665599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/76309126620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/34687390207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b664d0f0ddd82df25c3313038f6ba198/36717170522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b58e533cfc40c97eefe08e002c77c813/roguxebomejavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/taxesikasivonibisejekuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/51639328465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj8967ikm00u0tgn816voiplk1/27900055471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/nujejusugidepobenuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d65c9742b---xurusozapuxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/girozutuxekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurgy.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winebomidozofajokudodike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5kv5qrie1714vjc7kfmotcvj1/45500341922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agenziaimmobiliarecannavo.eu/userfiles/files/2141712314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/jedipubidopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7ouc17fuq3b3qibhclaoq4ad3/xaxonawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f927d21825---46901542870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=jurnal+penggunaan+pestisida+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_off0000cf7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF7B 10644 bytes
SHA-256: d5fc6f4d3515abe7a4b84f96c2fb846aa753edb6b8e13b2db25bf1e7ca8bf46b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD3 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6b4e94ef732a44583ab3bf94fdb63031f74357bccfbdab342c9efc21e6412c