Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 608c6b5f92f357da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:56:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1a9985b7ba786e86771e5091fe8b7f93 SHA-1: f34b2a850f0aa968f1b4ed3fd631e76c95157ee9 SHA-256: 608c6b5f92f357dab515e23b2d68a17ae919714d3985812c3552712d2a398100
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials. The presence of a link farm on disposable or compromised hosting further supports a malicious distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37dea8eb0619ebf3da8e847e2a2bd331/19448692052.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chothuexeninhbinh.net/data/dulieu/files/museledum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/38432037622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/jujukaleval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podarox.ru/public/files/sofumuzekerazubedopetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uat-tunisia.com/userfiles/file/vifezelobedugeluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/68666455903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/rutudezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/kijilasilizagurovuzepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004083638779b3533d0c03218048f4c2/nameditetufodamuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133befd0f974---bibobedujogopatovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907100005479231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/58771443097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/87577429558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zh-huaxun.com/uploadfiles/files/19371078452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf443d26f2---30147146294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5ce66ff2a---79800905647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/jezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/fuxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plantessentialoil.com/upload/files/komijazujusosibomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mycoapaisyl.com/webimages/files/16154010956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/92560378525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/39208818016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+paid+books+for+free+on+androidPDF 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_off00011d2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2F 18764 bytes
SHA-256: f75fcd71ae35fa050a4d619d4ee813b3c88a6a06e80ab5d49a48c4f5dc6973e5
font_01_sfnt_off00014e0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E0F 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 6fd458b216fa4e93f6815dd11900ea935446b65b4dd73217870a87c265f2a5c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001672b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1672B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1