Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60242b05219835da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:46:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5e35fa5a15898143acdb3c24e47417f7 SHA-1: d968174d91fd3d8b4eb35d7763981bce96d3fdb4 SHA-256: 60242b05219835da39c7515d9586f3849a9c6742dad2d28f13be17ddbefc4e72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These URLs likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious payloads, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carrier+product+manual+page+warranty+certificate PDF link annotation
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/77970529361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/60819268874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/binigufugota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db12083f3---pamuvegupasipijalatuxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/12566896748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/31535383587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c68181838da21d2590c579d32f4a807/mibakiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe4e837ba0d4ca4dd8439c57cde9058/kepinojukatezomijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160affa1fa115e---xavazot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60ea0491d23f54d2c4848da24dce2fd8/8762251992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff248e1b14---jafenivegukuzekaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c29eaf7ea---80428090940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abjpg15cqe2iarsfie02sgj9su/75471900851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/jidotelumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/bogeguvigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ejimiil7vokbk8inulvolkq45/11434829534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/89365377860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e65d6508f---toganopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8668650349---35669668443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef31ad8e8c9318ad0595bf452ada3bb6/1283828898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/sufekidoduzoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6f95df91a---71638032578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096eb161b607---gikixawowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd400177cdc---58703507168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/11744788519.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_off0000f1a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A2 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 0b94e75a5a2dd985e02dfb52fea7d8003a80e8143836d6203df1b888b848205a
font_01_sfnt_off00011ec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC3 11128 bytes
SHA-256: cefb5e5ef409c5d9ca1938d004ce8162a1466c3fad29eb34bb76d6a4eeb289fa
font_02_sfnt_off00013895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1