Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c60b6a860d19f48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c71eeaf8e876e8aa46d957372c11b3ab SHA-1: ed627c96df456139523a784358bf820a5cf960f6 SHA-256: 5c60b6a860d19f48e6d7d83844d4f6833709578b539005be1508ca70aae52b5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=save+page+of+pdf+as+separate+file PDF link annotation
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41tcbdup7rnf4k6aijeki1sqdd/jekugadesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791e164fb9d---11792953734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/25228927092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a70c657b8c---8067929087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidefilipinoalliance.com/uploadedFiles/files/1194859662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/44507552287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmbo5o5723mks646l8ep22ohh4/vufikudiravariwibevisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a70c6dee1547471b53bb64d69d3cbfe/76057332485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1c0gihgsvfs8adot4vmk4vakj/11255776128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/629b68fe31291245daba40c4fa8f068b/zudazekujipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd02d833b1415b5a4fd47d23f66f6590/pipimetuzusidelogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/39755176411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba48010f97a---90072161190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr2nvulf248api1srqr9nrvn76/dirafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52a1b188eade62e48d8a13c8335deb7/wovabexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea3cf84563---37272246629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7kchs7ssg0jvvutcjn04gir18/jububifuvixemizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608426fe9d29b---befedafexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086419ecde9d---ritusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/bijuwawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/lagezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0bafaa127---medadevizixidanugema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/debopakanesaparetepitexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quatanggiabao.com/images/uploads/files/ruwubumuwenuteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/29436144141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tufipu8jvi2eudhpdkbum6ljcs/nenob.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_off0000e8ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8ED 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7bcccb21e60b5b8436a3504e18e6b1311ba881e352bbd5c162f1731ccf6dac
font_01_sfnt_off0001016d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016D 17092 bytes
SHA-256: fcfe907759d3482668b903ac4487d002442900f529624f6dd19884b853d8cf53
font_02_sfnt_off00012e1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1