Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d61b5defe15b118b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a5fbf8443069564e051eb2caac0ff397 SHA-1: 6af90619ebf8a3ec50275b052fd3830283a61434 SHA-256: d61b5defe15b118b81e67e6cede53cdb4996827726771767bcd35730f74b98a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery, while the link farm serves to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially spread the malicious content across various domains.

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 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://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/2071459772.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/7046184323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqlh4vq3gh74i7pqobm5j1qj0e/napusaremolanasoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55029948740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a0d7a05a---26469431365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b422ee67981---pixipofukiletupizomusopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48eff41e0e---namilegejaxini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/29814113336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcaf0a0c525---tupubazedezigoxutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078badb2ae9e---9782796360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehhs1969.com/clients/6/67/67a0fa02f482ea8575b7cec7429e43a8/File/64412649179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/72151530534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609728f4b9612---vefuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c509cb8b6---36903850654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f69e2d3c766---31314812089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/dakevutoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3d00e0f85---44628597129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unb97527rer0hk2ud8ilqe3ro6/notolapogozitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/jujuziniwotivuxupolaladeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d005802a5---guwogodewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df1f06bd54---kozudexavaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/22774179977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/77057078758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/52532461972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790b8634d6d---fesapimejiguriwadufagutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=alimentation+b%C3%A9b%C3%A9+9+mois+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_off0000df12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF12 11004 bytes
SHA-256: ee40ba768e02fcf37ce4672c61f20c853fcb437533670c7174bc06dd79ae008c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF822 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11034 19560 bytes
SHA-256: 8652c673d5ea6948ac3636202fa118f339d908d3a3ef680ec32f0519f0e17a4a