Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61c6db0083e464be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6ccad47c011e8d429611971228e2cd61 SHA-1: 69af09c020c9b0181989edbd2aacc822a783562c SHA-256: 61c6db0083e464bea72a020746606a963c5b741730d6485681cc852a4c88617d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous links pointing to external websites hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48efcd02342ce39d70f41002c667ddca/66729709206.pdf
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c28458ebb---tamixikikamizurobax.pdf
    • https://digireg.com/upload/vuledexuv.pdf
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/8484788702.pdf
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/kobasowananin.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c91805691---gikofosagurubarizavufi.pdf
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/12981010528.pdf
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908eb450a7c---sitezapoxeveke.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e8746845b---somujajukiwupolimeret.pdf
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/vomuzagan.pdf
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/nosap.pdf
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rowevigowowe.pdf
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32d1f8d0b23d228c79444023db6e427/debopaxiviv.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/vewowotabowawuzudiloruxe.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a288d36b5ba---lekebuma.pdf
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rg79ga86pk2k9t0gheadb72751/47228894471.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/344797739c92cf47112ec3dd6eded696/8436725566.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f50a7182b2bdb6e2bc2605f76e6e7a0/99229321824.pdf
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c53721e2b00bcd10c52546e7f1c024fc/72949654063.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qg3d0jbn1nt2070c7cm0r004bm/zaxoraf.pdf
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609037f57635c---40971954719.pdf
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76408111392.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21494934eb0a3945a71d2c65fa5303d3/tolupuz.pdf
    • http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wabepa.pdf
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/gotobutune.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=haloalkanes+and+haloarenes+notes+pdf
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70b47d61647cf6bc51139df4e89cac5/18950919209.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_off0000fdbc.bin
d87e03502812344b224d234a26b7b4ec20e97763b3d64af6ed4b2968489a7a04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBC 21024 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001331d.bin
fc0ba9348dd9eaf56c8d8de3b82f47ac5256a131ddfb944961694a050a77b9b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331D 10588 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014b32.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B32 16792 bytes