Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 060248a86b60531c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.2 KB Created: 2021-08-02 14:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f4ff21e7b7cbfec86d0efeadcf5b3d92 SHA-1: 756d3edcae305591b799604110f75961fb780189 SHA-256: 060248a86b60531c06b45f2f50ca6b1969c38b757a79dc1a2b93f8af61b7cc4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further suggesting malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=himnario+adventista+antiguo+completo+letra PDF link annotation
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbjhpvr9enhb7lijrfo9fdones/fejarajop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a16e25c583607ce06130289e877bca/86647432085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d941ec14fa---sitezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/50052195856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96cb92c799f448972504b3876d9093eb/pokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timecraftz.com/userfiles/file/22419230088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfacd8389a1---nixonanuloviparixafeded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiunea-escape.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26336993263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/peviripuxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/45429392978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/duxevibigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24724757537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3d0122d069---24068840211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/tulilawilanudetavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/buxogodotazavipizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc6cf820160---67920601632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nidadipawamesowerupigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/73328781197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e69477a93---polewasuxowored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marketherballize.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51751820848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/20685038055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vuvm6d5kafkga9sntqt016hq6/vozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c77d54ff83---lubiribotiwaboromijewojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/821f6fcd4c0180c852137c8b0c7dc0a4/bagesetobemurelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/refalugodanivewanew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/rudixoxefa.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_off0001552e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1552E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: e91aae51a6a42373a8f69f78d3cbd2608c6f0691bca410106c94f1f84ae7339b
font_01_sfnt_off00016e80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E80 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 9f887e9bde6748bae427bb47a464f97ff4eabfd832360fe13c815da82b9e9952
font_02_sfnt_off00019c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1