Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60178fd1a2703b64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-26 08:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 57e52a429d629414210166d7179ba4d7 SHA-1: bc8198ee299ad5ec762251350e3448dee1ba4c2d SHA-256: 60178fd1a2703b64c9bf17eb3b075d5031841a8259519c4a9f3d9cc9969bf7ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL analysis suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/29552043285.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/gatiripirez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083faa42fd9b---35576972658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf9135c03f---15156113301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743eb7c970f---dixogapumasabawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/ranisijidepilozutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2af3a93ff31fdd9e10165d99bdb7c8c/tubapatuvutuxalosuzabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d84f75fabd464b5bff4fa55d1d9c2d9/97193505261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4ba286bf8---91819950859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/25654770458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/jozaridaxenawobitazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc9183be6---4218976012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091aa6e5b639---xomisurozofomimifigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/52624917645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b62f5be698---88633546109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/ronuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df35c75d567---64461426632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/46053654447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctsgroups.asia/images/file/21657203788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/dobamelulafexariloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/xugidavebuxezogumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/20623876233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609665e11ffdc---xizinigifewutewagukubave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqvjl8934dhjnvfjts821383s1/butiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac81546533f53fb7211fe0c5c257d305/75040946917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=class+8+maths+worksheets+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000e204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE204 16640 bytes
SHA-256: dccd111a0f3af7670c94b10c057987b026af95fda5916c09ab3fe225f51c7002
font_01_sfnt_off00010d5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5C 11088 bytes
SHA-256: f0d76327a6eadafd62c8b063d9e8c1bb6692740a9c3624d6b80c8439238855b0
font_02_sfnt_off00012724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12724 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1