Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60287660d5c20be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:59:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9674b2471b48518e896751f868ed95a1 SHA-1: d2ebede5ed17e0fe7619963a12958597054b31d5 SHA-256: 60287660d5c20be039c9ff7736ae8b3c43169b2ded7d8fe829bdd4dfcdeac6fd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK indicates an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious external files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103cf4ed17a7---73790958856.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/96729414362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0675c5317b---90110056218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f544492bf3---73097016218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/943c5145abe9bf2b2669f23ab8095e4d/47390598488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/19607225056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f768cd570---32909604878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/fuwisoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d47a93bfc3---91803008862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/suzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2b1b291580bb2fbfc3d96f5ee7812ac/xidofoperokexizafozumipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/larakamofexadigofuzenezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/dubazokebixapitakadosura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a0e88fbb7---wifutenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/44141407181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/72156810337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/xoxefosuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/55962468354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/62873763164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifbscalidad.eus/files/galeria/files/5992398645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df28ba1f60acc3099447365f94095a99/kanatubojamepiwuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f689b328eabbf52e97632f87bb416be6/9223088012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d937181bd2f---zameporilanawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/fotanuvurakarafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e354d5af153795f67e2c538deaaffd4e/97880435064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+install+bilstein+5100+shocks+on+4runnerPDF 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_off00010410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10410 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 0526ef0535026897a370d2b4e8f961e918ca36eedca97f370140ee7da19751b9
font_01_sfnt_off0001336a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336A 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 5028d027f535e634a31dce6b25073018967848ff498c9eda1e3a334eeec75668
font_02_sfnt_off00014d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D7C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1