Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 600ba5035f24fdaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:58:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 09f65956df4d76972ef80a98017e93b1 SHA-1: 5fa7f8bcbf6af2402e4c261967a50e8cd2f53166 SHA-256: 600ba5035f24fdaf17fd213c14d7586febcf1430a5d895f5914385113ce8fba5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=itself+meaning+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/lanajibitokavosavawariwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/xedizabajavarogiteputig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/43805263487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ebb8204ba---sosenidakifonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/16273811954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/diwenedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/kifuximilowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakurahoaanhdao.com/webroot/img/files/vulexuruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f288578218f98e38e61914bd7e3266d/66568454887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/62862202620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradegateindia.com/userfiles/file/webefaraparomopufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/17119937218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de41f2e922a1c80aa2996d1c6b600296/55688645874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/wiwakipolexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823f784b56f---62128394721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a7370c0415f---xefomopusujadasonoxilogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/97095327571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/42870849320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7227e38bdf---35177720312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/tubamafilizagiterazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/takisefogikukagokatunefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1967.com/clients/c/c9/c9c88be04994199279bceb128c91314f/File/77155801465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vigudalurimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mdqp6ggh857cjvinr496rplit/xesimijipoxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/65501197765.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE80 22924 bytes
SHA-256: 4b380aeb851658f48bdcb032d28dcba80e516a90228ac37db85d4b04740d387a
font_01_sfnt_off0001099c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099C 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_02_sfnt_off00011199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11199 10288 bytes
SHA-256: bc037004845b156dd3c5136b193e85a1c3b115f2507ca4c3d6b2d092db096598
font_03_sfnt_off000128b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1