Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b60bc603506cce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:29:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8b6294df9945b285a970acbd0f4b2658 SHA-1: f92006919a88749884e1025ee7d61e21f345c08c SHA-256: 2b60bc603506cce377cc323cf342db2dce3530e2b9f347bcc63352b785dcddb9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bfc3740e00fa404fdf5ea04db062019/18359272211.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b59a29358---tofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/65376517512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/texofakoxevekosodupege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/29317854682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55ca24018a---rilukuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c45923f63b2cdb6742996a6aee3431f/86691244900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607371e9a9aee---gidibobunaxujuzananozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banning64reunion.com/clients/a/a7/a71e9339640f4be667ed55590a288245/File/13368687692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tf3fajnglfm3j6gk83ivibbqs/85975549325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/42579539115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/luzejurabenedugirijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1bf08deeef---gakazopojekogolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a13d0c136---32617162399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5eb43903d---51262648172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/49314181168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f50522919253524a0caa9b23467c3f/lujutelufokatiluxozixuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/46479879088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/xolep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namunuvulamesigurilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079acf7adf3a---rediwutopekaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/pajiruxojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e19062542---dimulopitedodenuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/21777559406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+say+you+welcome+in+frenchPDF link annotation
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42470816678.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_off0001068b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 10962334751d9ec9250e865471ba447fca98b7b16152e7141cdf81390deff0d2
font_01_sfnt_off00011f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F95 18644 bytes
SHA-256: b3e0d76e8375abce0e66f1cfddec5b82972dbb7e233d1c91c9ab475ca77b0e09
font_02_sfnt_off00014f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1