Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61c5767139c0fb7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0d60f73a2f775e9ef06b4b3f5067eaaf SHA-1: a243e06e62a07f066d84afcf6ecf83c7c82724ed SHA-256: 61c5767139c0fb7bb694bfcacd8019751613ab04e7a1f80ce93c69d8fcb10567
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm and a phishing/malicious PDF. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, indicating it likely serves as a lure for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+scan+a+document+into+notes
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/39702974377.pdf
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ab3a945cb---rarorixofogibokezo.pdf
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/gaguvagovetebimulovojora.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770c6d92d77---suxofosewumesetu.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076db72cb5ad---bagulipobevaxelor.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f92437e9e2---2527434942.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706b8c955a5---93506420723.pdf
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/16185724312.pdf
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/97840712892.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086642d229e2---kiwududufukixol.pdf
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/wisepodamimujokuroman.pdf
    • https://rcot.org/userfiles/file/terizufafederola.pdf
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/26250549482.pdf
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607946dc9025b---85411925549.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/16946849072.pdf
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/87579808608.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945845e7321---rozanosedu.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d6ea63575db82242cf352d1ef94b7d/kalozigonogodixozemovu.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb28e5e624---xazalino.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa69301540---tigeliw.pdf
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///sixavazo.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d837a3fa87b04261617f1dcb2d32652/lifegagodexugimitafata.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c2b4a03e42de2684efda66ce2c9522/luzaxaniriwafapizazofopa.pdf
    • https://ivaco.it/file/820912627.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e140.bin
54f1abff756e1a44634194189c5f0599b8dd4adf1fda95fae66276fbd107f0a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE140 10560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f95a.bin
bf037c136f16bb5e89b22fa84c28708c2d7bc00f6d371d8fbfae09281386e721
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95A 17280 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125c3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C3 16792 bytes