Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61b2c4cf5f41dc7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-07-28 03:42:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: e5d3e5b39c3573f26a7f70c01b36a567 SHA-1: a98d3527659fa3e48797fa2b70d0d0d3bbf621db SHA-256: 61b2c4cf5f41dc7f4cc14efb6d135d5c439eaa69dce3dc5ddd6f679084b05920
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79429050312.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dsrental.com/userData/board/file/bisagirabuxovalumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/67121714678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20227241419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinesoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49aeb54e6cb586986a40b9967d3507db/66877407723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcrlclient.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36166461064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/gowuniveponusizavura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/63860860657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51238521810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926c5172d69---zeborexugusanoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rusinikuduxuwozivadamodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1370b5c3b5---90418516742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070859e8dde1---84641165827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5133adc5ab05d2ef8540a7fc04dfd14/61015383469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/kofiromokinegulalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e12445aba0---doreviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268htt3vj69blpvsll025a0mi3/vimebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/pimexifixulibofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/63819753577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unbe53fnnhpohvpoa4m3de7nlq/5821288624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/89719672959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0152e469b1---sikatatabekezudowaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079347f78afd---bogudirenawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fact+and+opinion+examples+for+grade+4PDF 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_off0000c87e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC87E 16780 bytes
SHA-256: ba9f8b21de53551d9a7da76f5f9d44f008b4be932b6e86ceb15267f3ccd2440b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C0 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 1e853993af86fdf5b55df305e626f0506ba3b8b11415b61e63430bc9bf18ab82
font_02_sfnt_off00010d92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1