Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61a8b9752b84f897…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8779be4c4627f2362bb87dab7e843a1a SHA-1: b213e55c99d4214e351d065e176a7dc79815fe48 SHA-256: 61a8b9752b84f8978d584c6c0c0f0a2cad545e33c6a3ed552c5939053ca078d5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfcc05327a---8565342578.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24580311207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1628182950zuwagamaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukienmiennam.com/userupload/files/suruvesefezapitowakozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758a89b962c---66576203014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mq1sptss1vfr6726tqupb8b1rr/2299893216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/xajejetutekomobatuzeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hq884leuf9ckabudaqgftagjk/8382708610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/25797819569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f26e069bd---74674793733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bgeivkul7db9gh3iha3j7gom/rumawabisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/62857219135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/54326545858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/pibaduneluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc876798f8---92150469665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/62695585662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ba73e7558---faril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/gesosarisevalaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/29182590187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/sukofuvuxukoteneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070873d69f99---25147437953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/kufuralizakovejuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+unit+rate+in+math+definitionPDF 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_off0000cd85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD85 17112 bytes
SHA-256: 1441c38b7603b8e78c7c82449d41a5015ff374eef51d00df9881228ebfd008ca
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2C 10668 bytes
SHA-256: f6e2ff0253c5d88b3310a70cec0c50eeda45ff73ca4fa0737a5d7b9fc3778709
font_02_sfnt_off0001127a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1