Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61e964420885e23b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-13 20:25:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: c7ec45b94ce480af99670028fd6bbc5a SHA-1: 4caaba9d4f745e7b36a09626696222453866357f SHA-256: 61e964420885e23bc77970f3ffe21e1e7f825cda0ffac2054cb4bd4c11daa113
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The document also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or link-farming attempt to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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
  • 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 http://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/fedotiwusilirakugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55449004097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f6c77cf88---juwoterigidatomivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/zavolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc528fa446a---pazusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/us0lh5jd08ph6i1mi8rqaa6e6f/62798510724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc7a32b96b---80248772656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/51067930045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/davifejomimanuvatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-06-24-07-47-20-TyMn7YFE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revepanilavowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/11805388111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/bekapurisigedive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/kedimiratisumuwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b47fa617d---6911501084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/44535848042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenudijelubegiturosapira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10fci.org/userfiles/file/sepaxizakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgfbgipk119om2lmnbi8n03hc1/togatibemojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/85232712733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/42411097725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodifaxonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/wopinabedawixedusutafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/50842673667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=or%C3%A7amento+empresarial+planejamento+e+controle+gerencial+f%C3%A1bio+frezatti+pdfPDF 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_off0000d0bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0BC 11696 bytes
SHA-256: afdb2ee1e3a9d455c2cb3219034f1a877cfab197c1b5857fab1b40fd68c4a41e
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7D 19104 bytes
SHA-256: ad034efec3980a58a6a9e61f642e7066a035c2dc9561570d3af5342ddad3c50a
font_02_sfnt_off0001198b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1