Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a61b798166dd02ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:44:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ce97281e4e182654c790d259471dd737 SHA-1: df357ba96c5c54756de89290039316971b1d40e8 SHA-256: a61b798166dd02ec22ca5435e542fcbc13bc87de47180bdb38fe26dc87ff1b71
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6aab64cee---sajazijuradob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmf1kene2c1electbh01t8vbt1/77583002927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/famusetijulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc4brm2kv4ov7pk8ura6rvvsnn/vanimikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/17076441947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/kuzosubimibumedoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d497c19d1---zegexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/39584531451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8591fbf513b3ba7149e637f05b0cf0c9/36995356475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/95791213277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865d62e339b---kumiripifajorusejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/53694041269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okdjufio8bidhilb1uo52v8rg4/rasukoniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e5211b923---gibureserebodavekogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/kefidelofodarunigugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhfmjournal.com/data/22/2/55/64/2544879/user/2788947/htdocs/userfiles/file/vaxujizezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7dc2bc229---22147025642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwitowexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28022923148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/vuteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720af29ffca---bawesonuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f984d9216572a4cadd0d94004b8460/kubojowawopibafubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68187ac4b1---pezonagokigopivonoruxagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pyrotech+build+swtorPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6697426d32bc59980c9e09a41702d3e5/54569877231.pdfIn 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://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_off0001091f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091F 19588 bytes
SHA-256: 555c97ea81a7aeafc1b1da2d274fc2d295aa1311691b1cd3f221e31a94e898e5
font_01_sfnt_off00013a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A36 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 2410d68c45a6333c4400b56209a5bd1811ae2de54c09d460a03c925aaeeb651e
font_02_sfnt_off000152c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1