Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61516f23485c7bc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:41:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f0d10ea46369b158a4abff47d79cc361 SHA-1: d8bafef6158abb40aa35ac9b00e9c77dac69c15a SHA-256: 61516f23485c7bc28cad4a9619fdb7ddcebb5e67c8825c91fd34a6b81830389e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall detection indicate an attempt to lure users into potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amusement+park+inequalities+project+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/88488219721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddca7013853---29651874246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0c463a6c6---duzezupovajagepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98d5f2cabc---gelijupekuvazeduzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/wozorazegosoluwejekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/zutijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/furosatopekenodogawipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d89e52849115a9dd88eac8c0803141c5/wurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/pazivoriresuvale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/notudarolomogukexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/43542051681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0bd3f116e---96872442383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/61918593446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/jupumasumozodururexepiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607f5dd80bcf8---nalejabevatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/naniratilodotore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07fbaa327a8c3f7ddd961f8e39a68a46/kazilofojomalodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c531dc140---relikurobetirimuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/rezegiwewisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/68112999696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e1673a789---96187837082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/mederelixodosis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/97829892569.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_off0000dca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA7 11184 bytes
SHA-256: b4c2e6da9541e39f9db03dd750ee840a6fa611c7293427a9cb2f4c74ff36f4e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF0 16920 bytes
SHA-256: f2a9848de9578796711f8c0e092b9a398ee75c3f041e98dd5efae62bd3ce6e83