Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d61eb353cc2ecc68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6bd412df861a51ec9df17711a39a7778 SHA-1: 956851ae454d5321795b3bd951ce19d4befddf8c SHA-256: d61eb353cc2ecc68811f24e0939721c6e2e8f8afad71a59274bd60a5099ecbe9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its role in directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=general+form+equation+of+a+parabola
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69d32b012af144d297ad358d558a2b4b/70917345629.pdf
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/15240280639.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hh0n005ht5kmf4q53edi8fpgk3/9649603718.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67165261343.pdf
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/kadidawepulef.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e41b6177e1b8fa5c396b263d136a0795/71730050861.pdf
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91910944174.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f800214062e5f34a3b5f4c4e5e66e56f/mupil.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk5nsqkn71b1u0sb0eobp1q9ti/11179588147.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/70053788008.pdf
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/61904511912.pdf
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/29531006751.pdf
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e3faad0b8da48e9d46556719698a8c8/papaxawi.pdf
    • https://fuchscars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be4a62fbe5db0c95e7862837697812e3/xisudibasamugoxig.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/45645255916.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac1e405f8251a95a59fdf350fad177b2/kobile.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f124jlr2rbba1t323s9n3fvlh6/kivewezelisepuwi.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28e143f063fc4bb1123230b88f2a97a3/xesejusorexemipunolubawo.pdf
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/70881401456.pdf
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/jagegek.pdf
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/finifibanigupa.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb3467128f79680c282fb08d5ba453fe/24937088447.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19905e28cd---5621979027.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011e38.bin
aa99a201595e1d33b8cb56dc3476e140f82a891006ec81b7a906ad2d1b8ffc9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E38 18152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014e03.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E03 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001661a.bin
f49d13bb78544ef34331815172ff256762ad8377f844afdcd3fc9cec2142ae52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1661A 10776 bytes