Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de60ec3e2721f39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 103e5083eb13ed0e3e41b7ffd9ca85b5 SHA-1: 071642d9ea5f663e1b9748effa0b19a0baddc802 SHA-256: 0de60ec3e2721f39c1d375f2516bbac822ef9f547754e411504933d10e1011b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and a deceptive download button suggests a phishing or social engineering attack. The PDF itself contains obfuscated content, but the heuristics strongly indicate it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=agnipankh+book+in+marathi+pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b764d36448---76691727547.pdf
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1630498835.pdf
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/wuponurobezimoxif.pdf
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/ripatodofagoso.pdf
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutoriwal.pdf
    • https://safe-international.com/userfiles/file/pobejo.pdf
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/kizidokiwipurasepemuma.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133abb56dda4---ponuvomuxek.pdf
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/30343905896.pdf
    • http://bxbrdh.marketsearching.com/upload/files/xabaluvelawodudowomok.pdf
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/11746261538.pdf
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/jotonixisewe.pdf
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/sumiregokekivugixuxek.pdf
    • http://veitali.com/upload/files/nopugitezosoli.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614222f476ffe---vakipapapo.pdf
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/fewigowo.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd56d73430---viwenuv.pdf
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/xalumekani.pdf
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forotenetuwalamobejobegaw.pdf
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7935870eecf83aeb296fbc815c419dc9/rokevinisure.pdf
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigexoxupivura.pdf
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/46121672739.pdf
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/23823351636.pdf
    • http://olymp-kiev.com/temp/fckeditor/file/91258054077.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_off0000d23b.bin
a1566015f14cf060f67ce1fd58d55d03fcad8bff653b8fcee27ea15ef9495826
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD23B 10812 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea82.bin
f193d9c268912931a5e3597b3887aadf5f82662d9fac672f6f23d6c4969cee18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA82 19164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c86.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C86 16792 bytes