Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60203a957145ccfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:49:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0e80bbce4bb7d68b51dc49f47805c039 SHA-1: 1765e999e4b41ee091a93395766c76074d1c77e5 SHA-256: 60203a957145ccfad66beb3499b1813174c684b9607e1d8db0c199a256636408
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a download button lure reinforces the deceptive nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce43ca98dc---nemuba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ccd84ae3a0---zulufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-food.com/userfiles/file/fesibibiwewizuvikosixaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/zenabulasafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/82677143670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/59005428823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhangngay.vn/uploads/image/files/xoguvadamulatosoluroduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/wavodesojevaluxuror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntvietnga.com/upload/files/teropubajinawegiruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/9031286666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7dbb3124f---mugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/35190163130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dohertylaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murzilka.biz/images/uploads/file/fuwetolazinexobezatelunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/wotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/dajewapakogaleletapexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38156005687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/25302030262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/tavumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/8662871229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/voxanemofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/20002384475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80719241614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=critical+ops+mod+hackPDF 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_off0000d54e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54E 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 4e50495605104535d4c79bea0a76c6b9bb11ece2c8dff8c307eb4e1be83bcb27
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC6 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 1c3020a34c058e221ad08ad1c3adcc242dd9e6794c275e437935f9e36a77a703
font_02_sfnt_off00011c61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1