Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61948c9379158d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:52:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0eee5fa19f9c59b92124b1ccb1b3057f SHA-1: 96922023817faaf250da54527ba46e33087a708b SHA-256: 61948c9379158d20ebef10d1a81e2b1a923b2a50655476f4894a06fd76c6d0f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, with several hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports the nature of the document as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nhaccugiare24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/daneb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/luwawazedevevezijibunawaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/ruxujixarakifulepalula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/dagawubizufekijedeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/jidazajiliwiwawovabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cded9e0bfe---22065204598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/97364926012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/59146527848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b658796f3c---kaxadiribujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/moxovewokumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawisepenokijewemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/paburuzodivozeradog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/78606653452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8c109701954eb0413be0454efe5848/1900005875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba521c326d8---suwoborev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e258ea4e11e---xotowigumitunigefetujipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/30025335697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/bipusesixutifaluvubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612adce972191---68693261451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhospitalities.com/images/bulk_images/files/28337229999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773d3e5df99---xenagufemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15946164118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/lobukapubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9acb310661---91162857861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/50855609640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=libro+carranza+periodoncia+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_off0000e1e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E9 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 4e88b4cd2ee8014111939f3703fd7da76ec75a3b83a47b6b63417fd846f07585
font_01_sfnt_off0000f984.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF984 19088 bytes
SHA-256: 43d51e0348e431ba8d32d95abc9cf4b087b2dda7ba55befa6cbf0146589918c5
font_02_sfnt_off00012a76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1