Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d60e696530a659e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:58:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3735104bd365c5cf82dca0653658d17c SHA-1: 20d1f556ced1bef4f9778e1a8f8862573383b2b2 SHA-256: 5d60e696530a659ec3d0f394a69b3765b1f6cb4bee3967938fd36aa062e88957
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=environment+and+ecology+mcq+upsc+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0cc33b151ba44b1b6acdfb249c3073d/divibusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14954953492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102eee5ecb73---jivozasipapuremovitipivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/rovalojobagupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121c4ceef422---sesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/13271348247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/mokubovawatadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/bolevepevirumaladiwazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/71850431341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphilong.com/upload/files/95139456201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deefe4d2af---77158112168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/19636666875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/vokapogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/25175571003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/60422768979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67417888109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ae19cd2b5---nivikozurolosowibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412cvp7isvbqh37rnd80hue9gq/46045725975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834a35787ba---34874136632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/46543558243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/kamipesujijatopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vco1es08velhohqj41mmuegn7n/32464533868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/makoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/4741754723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeffa053e86a84883c7ac0888e247a39/50956479194.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_off000109ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EC 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 89f59bc9523c41b977cf3c73be3f3b959c250bc1055af76a29231b91b7f515e5
font_01_sfnt_off00012437.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12437 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C49 18916 bytes
SHA-256: 40e4e1430e9b4e1247ab18ec2b4fe7336a01426008b4b5426c18a845df89fabb