Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61d45ca1ef2366ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-20 12:47:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 259bb708a6a1e9fa6dce6cfb6495f82f SHA-1: b215c66c4a31f65a91a2f42da1010a4ad560cbc8 SHA-256: 61d45ca1ef2366ffc10250bd60fbcce9d55bcb9f936490d750983d682a426cac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links and the PDF structure point towards an attempt to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcc83d8d0ce291daad85b50c47c81e11/rexutawogun.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ce647702a7---menetetezubibugejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/79745120237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://point-grey-1970-grads.com/clients/f/fe/fe7686cf254963525dc0bd811951f15e/File/61870365393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j5db1iem5v1i956t5l3h9vfmk/75526444585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b9ba21c5---20881747732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728ccad2e7e---pofuzoxanesurowale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b3d3dd9f9---jarabimojumigupolotuxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/27500788984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/71507244013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f607c08f3d---55148344843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89e8b17461---magogukodojoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/56677416746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607343a30af04---86238248480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/mamapumiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29097285f2---95558585040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965a582ad2a---46651838389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/nezilapifofipozefapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3g7k985icptsm4p3108vpfi96/22834108467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae2da71f7498f26bcbbe732622c596a/66793578177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7754c7afe---jugikijora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d024ecde0f6---gabijufezado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/45804423995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fe23387d3---zubufotisavopazidenoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=el+se%C3%B1or+de+las+moscas+descripcion+personajesPDF 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_off0000e93a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE93A 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 3e9320caa4440d36d43d4836732b03a49f02aabd3fac044d0e07f58a93de68c4
font_01_sfnt_off00011441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11441 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C58 10896 bytes
SHA-256: dcbc07b9ab42a5f0efb77a3a4542af08553097cffb36f60e75900a2fe89d6a3a