Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61bc47d4aec59c33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dfd281008b6ea312b696f3b5fe33daed SHA-1: 608b9767676c7784df3bc8db22b39a97001ecd34 SHA-256: 61bc47d4aec59c332507fb23dfc59935a4575bd69225e6dde537e1f020d2226a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that likely lead to further malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq82rdurr9nc498egm7d4gr3k0/dotepojud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c7b6852c922bded5a1bc97060fe8f2/83267416918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989a0802d6f---29817562076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2399049596---kividolawosebokolal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f461da78d60d60b479e1f0e9e40395e/givawosaramowulunaniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/bixiviroxowekosamovelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e33c71da0fe9e268c82a7840854535/mapegiluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardfarm.com/clients/877021/File/16123789234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/8957984800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benrassam.com/uploads/files/15809158268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/25236363919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/parefonosurawanen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/dofezifilofasug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfdb46466d---lodilumakize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/76594509506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/69814839205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610005fa2fe17---44816846013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/fupijijeruvowepoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850b90309e6---18336724783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821f8e912cb---82870160946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/63266754584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents/files/32691043065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2o0d5t5465os55c0kgq9ocatd/nutowuvuvavurutaxerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5781c43c---xovukirovetadikupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=calligraphy+font+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f22b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF22B 18184 bytes
SHA-256: a0c5d875eb7c3094e8d67e47da105cafc2b94ad9f3a09bc7d73ac946935d9dbe
font_01_sfnt_off0001213a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213A 10856 bytes
SHA-256: a5fe3e6071fc676ec9e435bd377475490692dc779cc3f870bad01f8bdb2d3aab
font_02_sfnt_off000139cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1