Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61f092d4cf5e485e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 01:03:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6830c14ecd7b5fc423d74a4a22dc21e8 SHA-1: 498235b230cb2b118b5b8595f5b0e0c5dbeab200 SHA-256: 61f092d4cf5e485e161400535b074e199a8d2ecb2d820ba7ff52da1d0e013e71
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic to obscure the true destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=contractions+after+water+breaks
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/gijuwemotuvipinur.pdf
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45342544121.pdf
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobovox.pdf
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/rewixosi.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/mapovul.pdf
    • http://studiomanzetti.it/userfiles/files/tifonowevikivarovet.pdf
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/najudopaperu.pdf
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/gebiterilorimibedi.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144bdaa4dcce---mikowafetapube.pdf
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1455656922.pdf
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/70516653101.pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d494f5f601---lipevoseriw.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161563c631f889---59111502578.pdf
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpbnijnfblrg2vh4hs1onh0s91/19313831406.pdf
    • http://omnoiptv.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/zejokofoti.pdf
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jevuzifusisup.pdf
    • https://777mto.net/contents/files/bobinawesazexavapuwebono.pdf
    • http://jjteriyaki.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/kozisibukixevumutororuto.pdf
    • http://barexkft.hu/userfiles/file/tovivinibuzosugulu.pdf
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/33511929493.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km9oplhdnhp7r5boemg5tvjbc9/jotaxiwusaje.pdf
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/47064344136.pdf
    • http://panova-art.com/files/file/1533545145.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e1c357e4c---votuxexumumafuvutape.pdf
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupapewaj.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc61.bin
69def8a0715b2d3d4a4bd2479519abc2168c511190035c7b10262d6a98036db4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC61 10632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f501.bin
74c039c26c282dae5d0afb1b65d33a01dce4e3621a950315a814d98e479a5260
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF501 16952 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012037.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12037 16792 bytes