Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61ded8676e667905…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:20:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ebf382550ad5709844657b5d01bf2e72 SHA-1: 3bd6e858942c6b93c897509e147f7d7368e4c704 SHA-256: 61ded8676e6679055ada0e22c6661a00015f38c43fda07f3204b14c1fea90e3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a760ecb2effcfcf01ca3bf78347685d5/zawedaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a903c33bc63---xubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5317822142---mukuguwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/pugejapikalikesutubikifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/67829753819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/savijiboximexusetalakoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/7093024355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614161545743764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvobakimuzivifekuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/4718544824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45219104098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b3e0bafcd---nifivawurulosewasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs86reunion.com/clients/6/67/6744625166a0df26c7abb40948833271/File/51471614876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/67446961611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c525bf465---55290240019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b9be1214d---50910851188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8cf7068e98---70041617044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2e4578f47ef12c65d1605a744351f8d/6378247221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/zulanudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3ef6a698e---kitaleta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://186086.com/upload/files/51805402031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/72156168576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f5f31136d---30813951096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/48484829510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=total+number+of+electronsPDF 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_off0000d270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD270 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 92674c61557f076a7e45c2b35b7883e6d41ae3a9bce894bfa566d44963af9162
font_01_sfnt_off0000eab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB8 18364 bytes
SHA-256: 4cfa6e0d8acce06021c7470532169251a4f97e14851e1cbb414c287b1176b387
font_02_sfnt_off000119e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1