Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d61c882c75e78a8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:52:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cb75fc5bcfe5da024c88533424c12e81 SHA-1: 380d3bf0d6e4734e69d41b4e72178accc8797ab7 SHA-256: d61c882c75e78a8d9b54ecec6f6c6822b1130a9697ac53dbcb826081adf69530
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1+year+old+sits+with+curved+back PDF link annotation
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e4f6aa7f---ruzusotagovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqshc2ad6mk15dgnpg83du4fd0/36908087289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f6b8e9b60---xumenimuxilajovuluzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9f937e305---rinamuvepuwitakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad14a6ead9292b4af4d45497b5e7477e/befajavobofukazutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d38l9m8niasn67susuovu48vb0/97831096848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv74aavae5a4mgv8l2lchk1j63/vodolasitizeduwulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/68659297629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/98230317102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096451de62c8---mufazimazopowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c18c138c0---zakabofofugaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/60536689368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/tabubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/23435524112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/9253430481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076edf23e48f---sukijopivijaxogowexijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8923d2ae9---sokotazojupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/461d95df317e14ca531ad722f31caef4/puwoxomizemalikenev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/gojobeniva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09d840ba2003dddc98fb51b2ce0618ac/43796084073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b402bfca3ec---31887585291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijoroxizawopasodulirar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/kinijonogiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af56d36a29---jesabegaxakeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c65fbfa5eeca09894b77abfed3311cc/fimorurobazasejuzuji.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_off0000ef6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6B 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 0a701ac9b41e00649f11aac723b1d09b8841f445dc3f0660eb7d4e106041ee1e
font_01_sfnt_off000108ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EC 18728 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7bae957e847c7b256dcffb97c72b778b5e15acc87c635110f154e44c5df980
font_02_sfnt_off00013843.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13843 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1