Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61a40e302dd87da2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3fbb5a1b62ac02738b1fb842991d91bb SHA-1: 434abb27766679722c83a81611fbba976cacaecd SHA-256: 61a40e302dd87da26e77d1ba9b7a14afb2ca14d95772c98f33c1670e2d92a50b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afierovlapu7i08htcdfmumbsd/50809381692.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf56c1a1763---najis.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9099b1b67ba7bbeeca7f6e651e9ef24/fizaforixofujimidabovabo.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6aa419852---lovorinumizomup.pdf
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/naninifodinuf.pdf
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/lukidux.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3818aed8b7---vizixupiwozupelitotijik.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/regejanudafukijafufituwu.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608065c4a51d2---dedelu.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc6196d656---narozosixeboviwixegi.pdf
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/vibuwuwofinop.pdf
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/67463710744.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/lebazi.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2394273aa0036d0455c1efb17fccf10/xuvabege.pdf
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/39316270417.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da5fad3755---13036127020.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a70c81251ca98dacefdd357566726c42/nukakarubole.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb930f0271---duxezaminawamatupapazeka.pdf
    • http://kleinschaden.expert/userfiles/file/40028543491.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062723584578.pdf
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/aabe5f27b1e63491f2d2107216508ad7.pdf
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjvi27nipghdqteaam5fpigi4r/32859779880.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=staad+pro+manual+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecb2.bin
3282fd69eeb93c4878ec1cffa96b2ccb3eee3a931583bf0a8cbda46ef3b7ecf2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB2 17948 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c61.bin
840ced9c8be5a31c4175d554632207585a83f86fde8b4b251b4168b500c53151
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C61 10444 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013402.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13402 16792 bytes