Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61af3203b012b434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:15:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 96e9b78cab04ff57f0b26677ddaf9881 SHA-1: 771cc205c766206bd0969ba6932044d4c8d384de SHA-256: 61af3203b012b434e1ae93d1fc047c1295b4066ebbb9a554ba30c3515eb31147
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=levels+of+questions+in+bloom%27s+taxonomy PDF link annotation
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/438a2576c67f6271eee848e6c4f2e0c4/firobemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/63996119160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4d52506da---11877026485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0248a53c39---94873620022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/533129117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/4682848490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/bavojukirowebiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/kewotawigasekorog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16216484114919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu81uvkmq4915ilp3kcr54icn2/zelugevoboronasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/ruwugitipexiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b151ac104b175e60ab129599a11230f8/93390949017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bbf331ab23---10995194939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e878651025e8d5b296bc44e5fe712e/14061276723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa227c1af46544c3f66b9fa7fd3d1a8f/vetapadaborewokazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/57156288255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161033fbb52ab7---7488957106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4ffec134c---76472652984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/43111103416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/tigawosulomibojapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cf0942f3fbb930788e140f7b54cd8ab/20420600504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2i9uha394vq4m0n5u5dsg33vj/boluxiwofujufavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa0c50f167026a95e177a809721cd4f/lapuladatisezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95383c23c6---11313895365.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_off000122c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADF 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 27df27a506a00207fc5db1c88de76533619101e3fee43d0b282749e2f6608259
font_02_sfnt_off00015452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15452 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9a8518a5d7d5b1293e3177b6fe4220221471d46054ca10fdd451266d129207