Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76c61029716539dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-06-13 02:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 05162e8619b53875c92baade02bd4d0a SHA-1: abe4f1e428eaa4317ab5568da31eba47266265c2 SHA-256: 76c61029716539dd861afebd8956d023e2ce32e9f5ee42f515e83bed7f98b919
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of 'utm_term' in URLs suggest a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates redirection or further malicious activity, contributing to the high ML and ClamAV detection scores.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+proportions+involving+similar+figures PDF link annotation
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/regirawuwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bfl8avbc9euh7l8f42e0lr9l1/solilerij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c6a629f9c---rovuzanudawuwurutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838377ddc96---34184804141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba03cdb3afb---lopesajudogedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d0895dc81f7819f8cc6a1e228f7394/42160735736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089793c4ce5f---86216067473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5c9bce80856bf19c29fd93eeba360e6/50259337187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f8d386f26a600370a2205560fc9841/681040242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2298064be8f263cee51e3270d69fb956/9717008606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/76342360259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebee1e3a79---35457817806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ec6799d08---97657553003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/27803469412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42169227237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcjdnf2r5h2pksat7n0qb1ghpu/23690663493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000f3c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C1 5384 bytes
SHA-256: 0fdb9ba3a9e0f2407a67c99bc0e4ada4035ebb904102f89c9582dd8d5861db49
font_01_sfnt_off00010602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10602 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 3679b6d1f8a093506bb2da3312be62959733de5017cced82d35dcee5ee6e73b9
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD5 16092 bytes
SHA-256: ea75db71c9df7250347a03039f742fcd189f5fc3f08964e696816fa8b5227073