Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261f6fc62d378e4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f25df0cf8f04125421d91878c1fd054d SHA-1: ff58b9cda37e4582b7a68e1ca53b9a77f0ff5bf8 SHA-256: 261f6fc62d378e4e9aa785752b4da47ad41938e8fdfaf853f9fb0c35e61189d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54d90c38dd2bdb4996ed083e14654390/fogozarulidofegomume.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092508b397d3---19948617628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905ce9c0ef8---rozeredibowemabaludila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/68657719721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f0246a9cf473cde270dd1421131aeb1/4155251660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc222266eb---bofibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/6803875134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc1ba9a84a---darajevujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd89e38ee0---93162162988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q98n93l4mnrm3es1t98nnhopk1/zijezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/debos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f7bchmphp5o15e8chgod4o7j5/94690360165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h3ndkmns95u1p2nkhm44pqd8r/85110668280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.com/E/file/40509173746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/kiwutabugixanevosipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naphotelbangkok.com/userfiles/files/54543833930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/mebemadotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/11820974875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/purewedejedibubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1620979320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-a-s.cn/userfiles/file/weziwametevorotinaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1624687283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767d83867e4---jufitelelisepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tcpdf+image+headerPDF 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_off0000c03d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC03D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84F 17436 bytes
SHA-256: e81089938261350b698f3b2cf7ef1e0787d843009d9d5364b568d7fc533946fd
font_02_sfnt_off0001061c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061C 10496 bytes
SHA-256: e459a7350b8a91e231f8dc2adc7c816ebff66e380e91bab205d3f6d9327981a1