Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61f87c3447196003…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 16:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 693131a953bf692e56bf760c891be112 SHA-1: 4da6804fce519fa1c3971e72e57d49d123b2639e SHA-256: 61f87c344719600369ae6257cae4e5fdafc6521bb3483834ad0dd14905b72704
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and multiple heuristics indicating a link farm on potentially compromised websites strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect users or exploit vulnerabilities, while the link farm aims to obscure the final destination, possibly a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/supogufe.pdf
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/wokedoxazizezam.pdf
    • http://pscemetery.com/userfiles/file/mekobunidi.pdf
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/fawigulovo.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136254aee26e---77802703208.pdf
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/junizidagi.pdf
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109052023397297.pdf
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/50099031224.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ca87a36b4---55019804193.pdf
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugagodetepedefa.pdf
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/95561866408.pdf
    • http://bdsductri.com/upload/files/39478114593.pdf
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/202191153101718.pdf
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-9/file/90867738585.pdf
    • http://blekinge.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/81568658001.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135135e2633b---42112812320.pdf
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210903_124454.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80db14daee4ad574dc5304e15a33e76a/sirorisoxenorew.pdf
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/movonevawinumojutan.pdf
    • https://manorhair.com/uploads/files/202109080515208573.pdf
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62255837227.pdf
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/talununikamaxapavogow.pdf
    • http://huyminhplastic.com/upload/files/10342309623.pdf
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/66334366999.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=indiglo+night+light+thermostat+manual+44550
    • 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_off0000bb78.bin
69330d5fd74da64c1fecbd625c969980a2cf860d4e12ab01cd42e064211d8fd8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB78 11080 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed02.bin
7d7adc77429b64b62b318163d131b777d1bb55dcc54838361c8cffd991dd5697
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED02 17748 bytes