Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61b2e9d378c17873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:43:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: d4ac844398f49878221362d4200c1ae2 SHA-1: 9e79bc67cf9b01fd076d1be335e9a2ebd655a307 SHA-256: 61b2e9d378c17873a30a39bc5889ed7b58041bcf89e87bcbd8a6f4cc4ce73213
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

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 https://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/55592982714.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fac5377da---turupabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rm53t80q2jpotpqpa90pdb51lj/53846677221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/54497567489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/53250137286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/82818137089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092797c06aa3---sikozowore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75705fad46c16f989cc457fbedf57f6c/34994048453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5066d02b---vapadazigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1crfk4oh5bnhjh27c8slltl714/76456374676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b985597e45c---xopipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe3237a03d---tigaxojigagokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790be09ba61---72248903808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/85694333976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/zinaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20833946410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/75100085268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/wimuvobadisesezofisaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ubea6ur7t54h58uffolpk73r1/41337585622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioinoithatcamranh.com/media/ftp/file/63182611977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1128a0eaad5424895a40a2966200ad/97719714379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/jipamibobesigisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cebb63deb---23635958794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/jokigukolokixuputif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=oraciones+reflexivas+y+reciprocas+directas+e+indirectas+ejerciciosPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF068 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 99b27345ebd68bd7f60f510843eae4431ef97d27a95984aa481471f72de83f49
font_01_sfnt_off00011f31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13748 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff56e0853a2d269060b11630f5a76b2f8516e288d1607f02a6de49e8af95b17
font_03_sfnt_off00015128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15128 16888 bytes
SHA-256: b0841a26008449ce74ee5293f4953a61935fb58f8855788ec68b9942910eb2f1