Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61e38feab20adaf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:43:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4167903069512bfd48b8bbbb5f1ec3f3 SHA-1: faf102eadbc1e1a1f47e79c5e98ef164d668abaf SHA-256: 61e38feab20adaf7eac5f53d652096d36d719dcaf092b94bd74569799f1876e5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsp17ohm86a4ugrnf1b694d7t1/kodevefexivakejenafasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a73d5f29c1b9a1540f587f6bb802e54/30107823808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/2664037312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/6725787408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/ledoxerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e888936b6---7941041380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/83077861197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ci7bg85tn960unt8jmdctr4u7/13590370825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc610481564---zuxazazejunefanetis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgilai36ldbdn5g4bt2sgkeb98/juzivimoperod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0764370d3ea7f159ab80d64926b8221/59618224699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0735e8b130b4d0dee7b655a08120ef81/87110387893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/60632817411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503233206637052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a3ddc91a7---gataweruwexitowuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/3714787398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f5a1d44f97fb62e781f141d4554f9b/manuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/20075480986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/75509005565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908bf85d251---33307442706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/xitesepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizamowurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devavuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=foundation+of+electromagnetic+theoryPDF 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_off0000d59e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB5 10944 bytes
SHA-256: cf67687bbe2876187df0fe9ab29571c1594f3d61285a120a3d8a97b1e9cb727f
font_02_sfnt_off000106ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AC 17584 bytes
SHA-256: a273b31d173569171dc2833f87a0062d6be1942e9c827b0b242cf9c32c629658