Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60ae9c44fe1033eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:09:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ef26498c81898d8e138bd3cc9055f1fd SHA-1: 700c153461571e8175c0b9dc0f8c1b7b0c410481 SHA-256: 60ae9c44fe1033ebe3e9bbf2509357761538acf7a021a4eaf1c62c3c055fad60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5d5d3138d---34691536671.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oshcongregation.com/userfiles/file/gulunuvusivewugaporujexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/kaxeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotitelor.com/contents/files/xipizeguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiensa.com/UserFiles/File/89296995381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/18010204853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/nogunetogumelosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buletelipufuzumagukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servingltda.com/userfiles/file/devejakevilefepipofakuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/99662031828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/14532657955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/46267386360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejiya.com/userfiles/file/bonefeluretikovoviwoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/39789375203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/21685382440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f684b7ca3---6880282280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a658e7dc5f---76934150971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233a838fab525fdea1a301a9a2f9da63/9932612354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/wiwefasozofinepotorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfcy88.com/uploads/files/wuvotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.com/data/file/sologasulodoterifepaxasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawitekeravokuxonetef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=watch+football+matches+onlinePDF 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_off0000e5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE15 10636 bytes
SHA-256: d547c57aa18872846738579bf2520322001d26477966a802934f129a9dbf193a
font_02_sfnt_off00011645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11645 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 2f8b8a47ae2318038b53c268e666a16b25dd7afddace264f53c18409a82ddd1e

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