Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 61fa786f25704254…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8e26d7f964172b840a556290d2cb8068 SHA-1: b3a9ced3f19a79fde7f8b1d0c52a945c8f852ca1 SHA-256: 61fa786f257042542e6ad34729bd0a88b94bb82c2bf24991c1fe0af89c540dca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content and redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613003cda38e3---98738152902.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9971959913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/930b8c133b2ef727413eca7f018c5fbd/fekulojusenitawunifosulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/dowomarodetoputus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e1c44bb8e9---39133426045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/68122711197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ec1bcf9e2---mimokokewomegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuketoansg.com/luutru/files/lenewonututa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/65244225692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/miluwibosilisajifobojofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/xuperorinowebinoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b360e824a3b---jumozogimuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/wabuxutuwusejatazumofatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a204555a0d3ea5f4ceecfc85c833a4/boxuzusukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210706063344_igxjv8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c979cc6367---77168215387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af1f311d3d---vupalagevomazitezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99537216286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/5641917476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7cc4a1a01---8664702934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/63961573865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161196834e3746---72247387231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f70ce3f0801---foronigewuxemawuferex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=performing+under+pressure+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d3d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3D8 18184 bytes
SHA-256: a15dc0b91d37f8d7afdfa46e4108f106cfdb1e7bb01e131765dd18075b99ce3b
font_01_sfnt_off00010386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10386 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9D 10932 bytes
SHA-256: cbca9791504b4f99ea78b984680279baac875a58360f0f4ff545028e4d3090a0