Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61f130a77ac9078d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f189267a02f71bc43349db0c5cc73913 SHA-1: 6877a4dc0f8ef1d5842e427b6459827289d2a727 SHA-256: 61f130a77ac9078dfba2a200aeb2808edeaefade3c0bcd8ddb8bca1079255181
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users into downloading additional payloads or visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a5cd64410---33388397758.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608299ab2d4af---5939693522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6cfe869fa13991fce2323b99cc92fe4/merazosoxujumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9c7c02165---12750361507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/46322953875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq026ujc4b7grqf0b98itp3nps/sefuduwekuwaruledobopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/30235183380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36d8ed44b75c30e83d75aab5b88fc98/29931151271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/octeug1mgp0rhu8gmbgpku2vg5/xigodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqbgjovu92o4vvk3686ecdnf8q/29276270411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazovazobafovedajexemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/siduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541bfe0e757c3cbe1c994693cd2e9ffa/wevefafivexidesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968fcc266a2---18534280228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tifirepixetivifutovuzeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a34c4827cf80a61720cd4935d2c76e8/92303634235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1e3414965e0ac8eaaf4769da41f6c12/65507458776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/gizuruteganovomofevekasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99235ff9fbf6f31c205f8d9063697ef/79225291363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/53037753577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/vofilitarasupegupuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhopalliteraturefestival.com/mpsdp/uploads/files/jimalajazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/162491694123532907585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=64.5+kg+to+lbsPDF 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_off0000e7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10008 17816 bytes
SHA-256: dd67cd3c763cac627b4a864c2e88a4f052985f759068ca9917f73fdd93d467b3
font_02_sfnt_off00012dd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: fd786a96b83c0ea587f3ddda21a438a8e4f04f61b58a067774bf1bf11235749f