Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d61749627938b128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6167f3b9445b73560c4b578645416ffe SHA-1: 000e8f4a4dfdce4f0bbfef0e9e9ec461702d2f57 SHA-256: d61749627938b128aec90066e96070cbab6ef2fd6f1de927f6525e9957e71fc0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites for further payload delivery or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crohn%27s+disease+vs+ulcerative+colitis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/89380599720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvtom2e9i6574dt1etqujri8rl/duvijapog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/fupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shtaket46.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/tijalopuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukizik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8k24f1d0mp3p0i8j78s4uliflb/75332214878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/xinesonavekuxodujopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/judr8nqlpn1m1die1rcdf3anc0/75023417742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/joferesugenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59890246060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionzglobal.com/ckupload/files/gaxesofabupulemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d10c03c590---norusuxowunopew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/duxexatitoxujadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/zuxasotajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210815012816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/23673996093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/38208168240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161270b462acc6---51580909532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210628042823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epponline.com/mentorfinancial/page_images/file/20849708011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/reros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/jexelamezemirape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/53918421874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850297ae359---rofefunuterig.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_off0000df57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76E 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 2ed8e8a6288063e59b6189e9fa7614c3a4df4fcb4cd278ce165c08bd0160ea90
font_02_sfnt_off000110d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D1 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 15222019cb99097c0618f11962f4571b485bec4b1fd5e3d080e9e822a5afb505