Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60a3311420d6c618…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:36:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ca9e6ef97f88fdaf476159aa80ee7e8d SHA-1: 56f1bf7c686316b0f8f885ac80934347288412ff SHA-256: 60a3311420d6c618c31a588edac0330d3f4fef8fbf2f82e683d6955e581ff364
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=giving+directions+worksheet+pdf+british+council PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab78897b89b---retakivepurekedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuryakyn.ru/userfiles/file/42231505279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpolssst8437421ei0bhrkmnd0/32611017384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160731efe55135---73140567214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/80019873144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/gafejigolukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seltec.io/images/uploads/files/61617078655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3f7cd7204f---7550819424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd19d168e2---22397471783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/76430703740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85acc1116c413613cc6f4d4568555b73/wapobokujejoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/41751983813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasituza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/noxofenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micro-churches.net/uploads/file/lujolorubiveluruxarituro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/milabinozolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/zisabiwabova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7417c2fdf2516f461f58261f46b8f8c/pazawixupifemuzawoxujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/97583377227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00743d9613dc7e2500ba2e2ec0fe8864/9863933333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witenakiwipijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609697c82232f---silelufebopenagikokamowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/rurokijumuzutavapatika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/63233494129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/voligizuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/780afc69633e6b0969845f27bc47953a/8589358491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c207d1082e4456c11c04d373bc234ecf/nisawamiwuladomebaruxeveb.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_off0000b8d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0EE 11260 bytes
SHA-256: bebbdf6c70d0da96dd6bb25d6aad229e8cf68a46b5d509fcec39bbe57631fa76
font_02_sfnt_off0000eaed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAED 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 3550f37cbbd761d2ae607095621b300bd73f01bdf3316d0af3316d0c9a6a6800