Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60747208a8d340fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:55:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: af44d6e277f97ac87c1b128c0f0d424d SHA-1: c1a450c649176caeb829eb0a583b3980eba133a6 SHA-256: 60747208a8d340fae48bbceb51d71e0de62862be7c0b6d887f81dd3a5f340a8c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback phishing lure, directing users to potentially compromised websites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick the user into a fraudulent interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/an37c0mhl40613q3u26b1evska/bividenapo.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dok7ihdluup07eb916fvdh5gv7/66026645270.pdf
    • https://telliogluhukuk.com/userfiles/file/69882510532.pdf
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/nurokavawubogotav.pdf
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95189951034.pdf
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/38150631505.pdf
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/39350167947.pdf
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/32355943333.pdf
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26fcd512ad390ee44dfc0191ab1d64d/nuzasalek.pdf
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/fufilarazojix.pdf
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/pijavipovosimig.pdf
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/sinilisovitavadadamuvupum.pdf
    • http://gaudi.tw/upload/file/pajarefizapemerozaz.pdf
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210913_154534.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i939fdl03avefvlonnjn41dv6p/sazupit.pdf
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/85824625712.pdf
    • http://otestmanager.com/club/data/userfiles/file/20210908181138.pdf
    • http://hanstime.com/userData/board/file/purixilukobapoliponurupo.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8335ee6f68a130ba6b04b4568950190e/tomibuzirigorokuj.pdf
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/gavolonusewepivibev.pdf
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/nokafivaritaziniforakaj.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/75851574438.pdf
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents/files/nememefotavipaluf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=rokkr+smart+tv
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e05e.bin
58c686dae1c7b229a7ec43bf7929f7dba93743b4ec1cc2a2a3095042e54289c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE05E 17232 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0b.bin
ff9ba18c79602fb2ed9a5655cea7e78c5966e05b61199f63a6aaaa548de12a8c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0B 10096 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123b0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B0 16792 bytes