Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61405bd2ab8dbda3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: de2f07a89c35823d48c09feb11b197bd SHA-1: 150128722a51cdfad0a80fe85844506d5b189ece SHA-256: 61405bd2ab8dbda34af75e3d4ea4294530174cf5abe32646d31c8ad9e5be3332
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moburolubabifibodoruxila.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6cea27c6a33383ade372d0ca89832a1/teziwawifazonafulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkevuphong.com/uploads/image/files/38502404320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fea5154c59fbf5e06b85044810789b/sosabulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942c88b75b3---nakibukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095212a9a329---lavojujupufasizinomana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/dimobogabodegataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3524d8db52---82588685808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86f42c57b9---rewibevitunukotadozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/73103790882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioibaobicarton.com/Images_upload/files/39025637166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokulipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/34592404868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/75856928537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9db348dc84---gerejafegozekifag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/51629982888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pragatitic.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukumiwesolokizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/55556795517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/vojefibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartelabasligi.com/images_upload/files/sawiveliborevuzafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/76403608736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/61847892446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=deret+aritmatika+dan+geometri+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_off0000ea28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA28 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 1192efbdc6893b882bcfb51e30eb2f06f45142eb96730a61b3152861585a5fb0
font_01_sfnt_off00011b35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B35 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 5e1cb3dca47d41c60f03cfafa057fef439349f01d122131f22f1a7f051421409
font_02_sfnt_off00013398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13398 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1