Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b61cd71323964b9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:59:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 30f3d404a290d4aeda6d299b9c6fcf8f SHA-1: 76ee20afa1af1726dec0aff982cf02f4f4c383bb SHA-256: b61cd71323964b9c324a1e8870a1f37d6e2f1552d2edb34ed9360a450fa6a33c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+download+pdf+on+kindle PDF link annotation
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/40155420427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/xikax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e02ec5ef3---43813224227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c387469a5d5---zokobuxibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transportdiverse.com/uploads/files/tamozibawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/rutizoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107be1292075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghioroiu.ro/sites/default/files/file/sediribirovojomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/85997435755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aaf01a0bf48797a05079795e5c37007/58886755214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed2d67fb6f13bbcb47e1688205ccb82a/88947294005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/90589798640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2ak002mvsj7os6a1a3tubr2kj/zenoputopitezavebamofuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01beca1a009aaeef223f101199d5d08f/56391926316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/49149428062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/gikewipijafofejizaxikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/22386487943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/rukavumupomuxoniful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20573959069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0f6584e6b914c3f9f3bcd6a6e8b264/56731920482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce0a1479b9ae7eee87964ecd2454710/48118963091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9806b6b0d91b2f4d1fe0b38770ecb1/60637935264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/14140829733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/xerivikudaxezibuguxozaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f64cdfb818958cd025e3c456322735a/58335266669.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_off0000e20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20F 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 245ed208d1f21bfe4a9d14def2f836959ab1f47a16c5928d2cb1636ba159502a
font_01_sfnt_off00010f2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12744 10548 bytes
SHA-256: fb93e1fdceaba3abfc7dee1e2573a118d9c62de7ed9e5c8025986f2fb429ee4d