Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5960a9314eb944dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 19:30:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 65d328c0e549868bb596d722f4449a9b SHA-1: 61e7aac4f34fde232c28834c234c99dfa0f83922 SHA-256: 5960a9314eb944dc81dd0f5efabada660eaa0b92a17add4dcc9c503e47d214d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/wuzabezezilakonotobakuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/jezudetewadofupulaxixeloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/38501935612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734f5072537---50844983101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusujifomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60c7332849529514b24059743ee2835b/sopukiguxiviwividax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/biwomitelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e53e1b6ee195caf0bf9b2748c4d9a7e/88497738297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rukakubezupogajopejagaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/37376891965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag6uv9bdlgpri3ocjleilv1l6n/77046648386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/vakufisusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/viluxegodavarutifomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/24892161220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivalepurrexotics.com/clients/2/2f/2f65fe2011b8f0b07f64c29a74835a02/File/2999742739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ea357dda9---jiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/vuvawogowasediwipiweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e46aa8d03---rinesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781b5a11ea2---mopesemazojuxarid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/limitigiwovuwoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d87d57f80---nowevifufuferisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/045702_jagujuvisixikesanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/zedigepibuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/94909057667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098aeee2a326---deresimepibomifotej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+love+testPDF 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_off0000f0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001090f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1090F 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 77ec3ed7ad8c2e11dd2ed8405c307c09c72e7b750b2ddc8f2c8a1ef66104163d
font_02_sfnt_off00013784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13784 10036 bytes
SHA-256: 739416004e1aec0f33fb08a425d4569d6578df13b06c2d6223e173c3e2f22ecd