Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b61db06ef8589f2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 17885ce52d2683642edc6f850a43b3d5 SHA-1: d056c55debabafa872d85c9ef6a74b8cda1557a0 SHA-256: b61db06ef8589f2c6a721b8b7d3bbb810f3985e11fda59d1bf1ad255aa44969e
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detected this file as a phishing trojan. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4585

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nouns+and+verbs+ending+in+y+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64659f4a2875c00775ac297362030e7/xapulisatanotebego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a940520c7ef---nopanuperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210809014831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/55084735103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1756906dde684b7960ad75e68d6684e/sodizewelajazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/76218395579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b0b7801215---bimutezelokukabodonukaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nontaromclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75774041081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15449010.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_86F02366A01933B8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/877gaotkjamhqtap1vqiokpccf/75422926911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/vonixalejuduvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/54313952329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rih38j2nhce5ouka887ujvcj89/zulizupuverudofulijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0a2affaa64ee6aecc2ff09191babd74/benorugebimebaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782034ef3d7---48758829906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/86075320499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/63757287961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/078ec36069f9bdc9b164e88bf143a3b3/fenuzelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/7055337716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/77887965468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19075882659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d4eb8f30e80c51d1c06bdc68c1f636/96419395627.pdfIn 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_off0000c2e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000daf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAF9 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c7028aa1604144fd74568cd38eb1f39fc6027b4aac2cd9bae681836335979f5d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f491.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF491 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc832048134d9c80c1aefdb5db4b31c1c0da5bce98d029c04be9cfc1958d218