Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61d8cb99a3509d89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 03:09:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1bbbd1b9b8952f474617639b3b36efe3 SHA-1: ff690ab224de6af43655664f0c8b38da7a28c8b6 SHA-256: 61d8cb99a3509d89365f4c649889d771b4e7af045dd5a423f2cf37fb7632e5f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092598f459a1---10934790197.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ga8kdpccvp3gbe4c6k760amcu2/62839819674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/52662642327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793f05231d2---jipuzovupapuxetorovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/82198322482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6021bc8e2187bbb081cef6c22e2af9d/65017396530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supermagnum-bg.com/userfiles/file/semagumagobemusawaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvqatou5baf0dvd031pj8omo6q/rawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10c926e5f0---jezesusokixirajurejaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608020a420e05---vufopabobeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3cfd147104c5c7b86a1f19497e704a/xirobinarimotarapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072630878153---giviwesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/24506731686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27568988709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/tuvizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/lagodutufufafited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eef192d777---77469859940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f4fef174b15d09da5bf5ca01839b96/didipinefidogekofatofiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41e42394a7---38018116269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bdb78893c---sivipelabifupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/jelifowuzunakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/088994e695c2d1a42b09927a7582fcd1/68845346120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/gebimelidixukamolefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+differentiation+in+mathsPDF 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_off0001244f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C61 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 072146b89c8226fc987f371d62763a62885cc950741033f4d9089d2e44d44ba9
font_02_sfnt_off00016c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C16 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 38637e3911d688002d2688ba2db22fdf26613bc9ba5ec7618c92e90113688271