Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c60cc0c14a8057f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-20 05:00:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 32b59c5eb05f1571e7facc7c63f0fa9e SHA-1: b3f430a2e241fe136a352b4396cfc4abada9ea7f SHA-256: 3c60cc0c14a8057f3d3ab851a141edafd554797d7a6e3fd559ca4e639a1b857c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious campaign, likely using embedded JavaScript for exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+an+end+to+candy+crush+soda+saga PDF link annotation
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/225549555031621537973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/leguvexapefurudosafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/xozilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stvvcjfch2ndj48g4an7aqqad3/zeriwokegalujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/73061653221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824853ed25e---11737491064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senfina.top/uploads/files/66402975537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/43201652572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/giresakipowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/91302609704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/942854372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/gugotezuxagetatotabojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727732a1764---40364812408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/raxakekilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f64842f42aa8f9b9128e1fb06170ef/pefatopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/41627200316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f800081a4848a972d1ac2a79d06cdff/86465495268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/48874699807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/44934264937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a5575d8cf---fonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/xivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/zovawonulunekurik.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_off0000e2d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE3 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 7534f6b4512b8c000c20b0e49ac6f288c802b974e1b8151d57d34e6bc6ec227e
font_02_sfnt_off000127eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EB 10676 bytes
SHA-256: e25629a99461480c09a71d8f2234483f272f580b7ca01b1c6e8503ad3360b674