Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61f6cb9ea3464580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-31 21:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: df7e6b3ee0d54d0866f387c4f4f2c1a9 SHA-1: 5296c2c2eef8ff5ea732f9ac5a2b9721bd2a5e9d SHA-256: 61f6cb9ea3464580c95bc4904acf79695d274e2c48e761c90ce6ad4da899d742
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 executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute or host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846fbc741b0---89731120347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/depujisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saltokisport.com/uploads/files/depeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2548cc305068ce705cebed1046860bec/navisetaposuxifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115eb19e6627---xoxemawulilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40203d50cbacbbff56db9577287861eb/tezafogobexupoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc803b841d---bawofoxawupaguzikimokopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089efdb0eded---77459603434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/mifex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255a6f290f6---rovipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e820009af70e7dd0bffc929e384d64/neralovepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93344217213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/fasedotolaborulubitidena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domplus.su/userfiles/files/63049504429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105cb507043f---70536522150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nai88tb2qvokij7f3e5fn6gqtq/gimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/nikoposoxujulovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/sivafulipatapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37a6d11990---34938824699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/10919028052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/73167433924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p87.hu/files/60260537619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0ee523a7e---gezimadiror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b05b7f1c33---69924516478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+activity+of+brain+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_off0000e112.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE112 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 72af4b05bafd24504d358932c0df6ab0542149255a61756b0b33e6e9920ccbcb
font_01_sfnt_off00010e05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E05 10748 bytes
SHA-256: fe9ff26d3ddd6e8efde24e47e3ad3a77f95d37cf6bd00fb49e9da91797a7d26d
font_02_sfnt_off000126a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1