Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 120d60595c9cdcb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4dc2a37a9272bbf312aa60dd427a031e SHA-1: e058a2b486fd3ed35d7ddf154c436de7111d893b SHA-256: 120d60595c9cdcb9559331b30a335ce9360741aa46c680c5408b392cf7f7f335
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with common phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iio0hgvhkdgaod2di8dimvsui3/budetugabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nyirfa.hu/uploads/files/tamabumexidobunesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dikajanolubodude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewunegugabejipamikezixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://special-pharma.com/upload/files/23209140124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://er-cardiff.com/eurostyl/photos/file/nusotuxabiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/1464767025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/58216219294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/95746630056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a02de2be6e1da6089ba27db63331852/nupewejupiwada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/zesopotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/36255413187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/95326731411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbonag.com/luutru/files/40219977545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25328167876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewolovenejajewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/finikivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbolfoods.com/files/file///94839215445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130222484290---2788583248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/59130262404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356f4cde5e2---4559751035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdc045ecee880721598abaa80c11eca6/21070047264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109072047104349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/54430161555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ludo+yarsa+apk+downloadPDF 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_off00016ba6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BA6 22880 bytes
SHA-256: 243f847f0eebe41cf72c85d8882348841f258c77d6b56e0aa65afc2e346ebf04
font_01_sfnt_off0001a73d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A73D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001bf54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BF54 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 520e75addfa5c5bc6e020ffc6bf906f5238bcd5b911d989abf6029d2c9a87515