Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c61895a1b6c26a0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:48:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 370ffa2532c1a471637c4b07e64c46d6 SHA-1: 1da08fb720ab9bfd9dc0aea9af8598aa2cf8706a SHA-256: c61895a1b6c26a0d6a8653880e203e062bd4d3b3070e1ce0f706bdb46b5c63b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. ClamAV detected this as a phishing trojan, and ML classification strongly supports maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of phishing lures or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210606192950_976478763.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a26eca9abef1e3a5b2db4ab0d32570b/vanumowejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/92534945533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16122397c80ec6---94702897413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejokuvojagulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607649a85ef29---12601987478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102ceb0a2f7e---mujobasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607497dba961a---kepifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4e31c34cec2b5f731db8ac036ad8c99/81310604973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210719024206_fznakp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9pl8p0ajqtnc3sha8mrbclu6l/82566021728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/56233517386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/97104485583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/jesowududaxoxivulamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d27e1c482---61914955162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/55468526258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fekagepizuvovalipavomuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105318a1430a---61172702402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c795e6237d4---10612295588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8f21bf520---95938802820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/jafujubagunopogubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/motajorap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea8164bac1---revomafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddf8b7a802---83476992124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c1e88bb2ce29fccdc1ad49ed87eec89/jobonawulazubonelar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=como+armar+el+cubo+rubik+paso+a+paso+pdfPDF 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_off0000dd86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f59d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59D 10944 bytes
SHA-256: f6a908e96b344f6fa3379abbc11b106a397d3ba762388438d285befad97f4f9c
font_02_sfnt_off00010ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBC 21436 bytes
SHA-256: 45a1da536236e58b2f5b0c14834e46a24982067de227c6006dd3b878ba897dc3