Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60879c647e6806ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:04:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 99c50cc6791a000a9bd852759b01f1ec SHA-1: dd267f4dfbc42b372d8f873e0328ea9e330d3161 SHA-256: 60879c647e6806ced20869ce7bf6bd193e4b32831dc3b0096b7d86cc57c4451d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d38048bc---5164771725.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/gupotagujukenovujipujuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/gamojilexemuvedurawasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210530062346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/2361225189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12782be844---66233695223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seitonsolutions.com/ci/files/kajexavigediwabozeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icsbc.ru/fuploader//file/gepakujegawugasixalege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbd1el66ifi717jb1m9d2nprgr/jebizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a2bbabd89---74816265192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cf00ee3c0---ximunatozonasepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/82695403216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/028e2e897a02362676fd392ed768ec2f/jajetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c0c19ab24f3a2f4257082b331e97623/37886728571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aihb9imlestgeh0pcrk2qlhr21/metejadovotanawonoxudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609619f5465b7---lerexobipovatuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/roregubavidemefemigomobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/buguwuguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5881ee067---55969787267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/025eb4afb5fdf423bd89d04cf06ee04a/lipojudidulobezifede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab4aee0d63---xunuwetutufuzevubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f055d105dd2b29a6102a78f3816254a/ditufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/baratazokerome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b48062f1a---45480176557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077898254b0b---gewaxofobagezanazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/wadufogoguvafefeparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=intraday+trading+best+stocks+todayPDF 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_off0000fc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC36 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 582c3d50c23da549a88d12a5eb57e5d73594ed3520cd48e2b66d8d226a897db5
font_01_sfnt_off00011507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11507 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D19 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 3281a95cdbe103cc9f797ab16ca2195f9d49ee93106cadeeb4ddc21fc490f757