Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60b39f2b64018f8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-11 05:57:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0a23ca68d08922e257cfcea31cac38ec SHA-1: a0523e0d254539eec07bf950795bc5619f154ea8 SHA-256: 60b39f2b64018f8f17d78604250b90b9677d944c609fecb72762a6ddc6d5ee70
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm or a distribution point for further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to a manual, likely to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=remington+speedmaster+241+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b213ac58f0---dijuxopuwapafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609238de594e4---91632171135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1fdaade38e1703b84208d2c6a361f54/karivakux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/61941640387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e7ae66fd97a919d633a191fcb32c412/359471585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/nejenijeredesalezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonuwefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df28f67e11---josezujafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0u8onih7e2aa3amjkim3m6221/67986958168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d37ae2ecc8---70812549960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608743cb75d20---66659189694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5ac5edb147038113aa371f5b015097/66085379536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7884dced1---zuxukesijabuximijubenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ab947f32b075b14d20d113411a792c/zezakowuxamobasujatojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f33d0c79b7656e13d98c01f172db20/bagadurukesinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF346 5640 bytes
SHA-256: ed8cab77499c8caa5545834118b4c600e5058b9ac196da30feda3866d175bb00
font_01_sfnt_off00010673.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10673 13016 bytes
SHA-256: ea591cc751f5e67d3a610c798b539936a4065e625dd011bef09d414b6768f25a