Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61cd2b623b146d7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 15:07:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7a9fca8a6de0978aa0144902207d3c4e SHA-1: ca0a45ec6b6e50cac9b4e6302a809de594bebc86 SHA-256: 61cd2b623b146d7c40162c53bb22e14582571388434801817ae370ae8ae91f11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings clearly indicate the document's purpose is to leverage external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86fc36768a---roxefili.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4493a2e2b04d848a90f6fcaacf18df/10747926514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/13072450519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/visalerodekepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/welit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa13fdb6df6e0cfc0fc925e6b04127e/94047280550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc48c5f044c119d9dd3ae896eb016068/56409633606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3d7d1ab1bb---68314381780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b59046cb0---72062056778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3681c03a2e185d989a6ee15b5798d2c/24929209272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53cceb84d7---430860455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15241f1f7aa8ab9d97fd9a6f47022a94/20808437737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87b4415a6c---36447878911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40b4a04856c7d9b573381f448166e42e/vugatanametoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c1d2831da---38215974359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3aab89125efdf46cf7fbc7517500d0c/36397166150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviseco.ro/userfiles/file/pafixugegifiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875d15efe72---25345701251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af902b69668---83633845272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/radakivosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///fuvofujosanuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c1586734305d7e36e18cab77779304/tavibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/42210055153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/zonubotaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2887655410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=formal+and+informal+verbal+communicationPDF 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_off0000ede5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE5 16132 bytes
SHA-256: c2e8461d6fc165836093b6817b2a57e3e364978891b1d40ab3f7f6ff31dc5572
font_01_sfnt_off00011779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11779 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F90 10752 bytes
SHA-256: f4bec6f5891f8b22f4db518008927b39013c33c281dc702922ece3666a668a15