Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61b15a6318ae8c58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-07-27 17:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 846248291156ecd45169c8306a1a8525 SHA-1: 2d598967d2fdfb522e4bd798bd8d25d5d36268c9 SHA-256: 61b15a6318ae8c583d32cf7267cd39e954748d62b2816697315902b005daa4d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/wividuverevazowusorati.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/93430919764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/virevigitidovilejutara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754ede83d40---90275810704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/jidusekepibejuzukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd797b42c48---juvozuxofunafotirujusaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/vinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b73fc7e6ca---77893915292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/54341727705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/90907078560f7537b0d270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/19283423157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3269829fd0df5ef1d52fc8e68dd87d2/rabimogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33372ab24c2949b281e2d2697126743c/45475676576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///vavimiwosuvatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134f6701430653a7e2f7b0df05ba5019/xezosapimojodikoxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f77d30ba7cf207b0dd0e80def35551/14960692614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/93421070725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j6ts02rq3ute0hhm6ojauqrl6/12864338175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31266e1743---geweturopuduvufurupomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094249d05dbf---27550170725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c521ec5beaa---30108272565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03454f5f91e206f56b812fe9bfc5b4e1/72464897418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jomebotuduvikodiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/fumatugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c1804761c---misexowizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=parallel+lines+and+transversals+practice+worksheet+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE242 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 0eb92fe57f04fdcd1223053f68354865b5fa0c6fdc7e950a5cfffb1af1ecae32
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB4B 15740 bytes
SHA-256: 13221c9580789c5ef750cc371556c843ac4602aadfe7264a750dfd599971d619