Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61d31831135c9003…

MALICIOUS

PDF

158.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:14:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 189c763c3e53fa04492f70a046d49a92 SHA-1: a8206e5c60b09aa1991af53bda6cdd704a7f4f77 SHA-256: 61d31831135c900304792bee323c9e627987736aae0172ffff82d7b32e20a502
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous links pointing to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely phishing pages or malware downloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://edarky.net/data/file/jipagexulutetorotafesitad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a0f271d448e99eb74031e43e10a26bf/88804443639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b258d88f8aa9a2f698926294ea7aa848/zosuzokomevusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b13c676d7a3341ef665ac64b4b67ad6c/zatukabotibafakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6j81g9amth8aar8315cbnh74u/55297825023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b74589e4b7---xakuzaluzoguzovidupebipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087272a27490---bomamixisebabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/bewataji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608304b51c4da---jukewebivafabofekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b201b8030530c55b74f24b985a9d5289/gubudunijida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2e66cef13---58185061925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acc635e72deaf79a7a89f7b2d0cf018e/wudota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd3efac310b1b0dafad36e66d337bc09/winijutinexunejojevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/112ad2e99d1a38dfeeeac564d8e5f12e/kukasufileborokomajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/85688619612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nk0g03qgcbjtdea1la6hcpuof/43650423322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44049065c9---90379832240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/userimg/inc/57899735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/27319867144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6hkt0k7cutcroau0rtotos72/kapije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegejagiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=salvifici+doloris+italiano+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79009520296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00020c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20C73 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 715556fb94faeb2c14dd44896070806a24077eeb791626f098f266b35b689939
font_01_sfnt_off000224e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x224E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00023cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23CF3 17580 bytes
SHA-256: a028e157baf53a9a847e9f36fe66aa49b0e4d1c3b93b092bd66b1899fea1bb70