Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 361b0f66409570a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-30 02:09:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: abea872fe3f74d556e516227fe323661 SHA-1: b69df60b2c842d0004c4618cbecc77d8dd6bc75d SHA-256: 361b0f66409570a903d20e3ded26a21d68e49c93a6f7fa50757c67eb6dab7515
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, including those hosted on WordPress upload storage. The presence of numerous URLs, many using 'utm_term' parameters, suggests an effort to drive traffic to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+charisma+myth+pdf+reddit PDF link annotation
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac41399b2ac---46880089170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16dd40ca7---72468491776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/69445950032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/weromaromapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/13742876746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160defea9612bd---56915144655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6de3ae1a7---8341103739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b19778170---fetejemizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcc05bee67f---34657890905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nasidoxiremawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a35a86223ec67aa085a864164778e3/63880003389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivpkrrd24b6ho0vvdab9o95k8u/zovobamataruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4e6e90d55---zagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84651977973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5175d5a17e3b2cfc05fbbc08078592/14558080689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietmoiquangle.com/webroot/img/files/dudibujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608577f6b9b36---15831693156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/sutalomofunirupaloros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/83131781482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087145a8d30a---36664419262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodgluch-projekt.pl/userfiles/wisodiwogabunaxomukeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/93585869506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086696557d3b---vamijadabuzifoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103252b32b94---gumidopo.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_off0000f139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF139 10692 bytes
SHA-256: cd7153dba2546d7a3e0765ec51fa558c36bb3803e6f159d944d4872ac79be868
font_01_sfnt_off000109d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E6 16384 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9859906f0fe663faeb018a64728cc4c90b9fe2ec52ab3ee71f78834159f28b