Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61766c63256f8f25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 29841409d75cd0a83f729164013d7e3a SHA-1: 9b982ee5b6c36af6b8c4dc82eede3f807096a4f2 SHA-256: 61766c63256f8f254a1739ba481f6802f6859f27b3951ae972254c12a02777e4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/22647855465.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/vudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086806e14ff3---85138203306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee021a7283142cb475a785f5c9c30bb/tusufemuzonizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/49709781568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771707d3423177e6fe49c3c54447ab74/nojusizazipivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/donavikobemuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/dazijopomoxepelebikobalod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/lelilitagibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54938053507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609921b3c08d8---87950459180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10510a00690eb749ba15a8fa30174410/98602705478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72646248109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4de60570616e6a6aea0f6cc2a34e5d86/95813718714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31317451413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ed3ca9f85---95325623016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6ksfelc10vlpoh0v879up2quh/labolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c3fc8df3f---nobodavaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a748fd37ee---5963241398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818367cf7fd---vorabedugopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/rufajisozibejakasune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b245e24b69b---37361487548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a529fb1e79c---78561051502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=halloween+logic+puzzle+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE69 10688 bytes
SHA-256: c25cb2d24d36053aff460ed9104fd6f0f4a4d99827efa255a4e2b07ce1fc2557
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70F 18124 bytes
SHA-256: e2c3795955824097ec38dfcd6823aebcb6cc134281f2742c21428b40932c1ae0
font_02_sfnt_off000126f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F3 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 5f39e466122962ec657a3286d3c4d373f6eb695faa0da47804534274ab1ae091
font_03_sfnt_off00013c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1