Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60b872c4e46942fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:02:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b8b87b60d67d248270ba098513a547e6 SHA-1: e40620c97515db514b36ae4add5f19424b1fea74 SHA-256: 60b872c4e46942feda6e96144a4bfe4fb8c1b1c0b79cbfbd75439c7813516cba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These link farms are a common tactic to distribute malware or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/wabizoned.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b7f6b3158---49954169401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoto.us/Images_upload/files/zibexoxawupevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfeaa6c9d3---nadojizotixazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75353493537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d8cb67846---kelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9e2c0eddc---xaxelapiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/fovituxafavonet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekevepesapexovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fddc0efc19---dulufojasawemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e5d3b9949---55854654953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cv7fcp70mk03l5df58n7dno74/69403278576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9136d98456---sejosesofujezopiniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32802aa238d2c40e1c4d4f8739eed3bc/83257748517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38270bc5815e5e540add1724c3e8ec39/dabusimetowamovetan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/31220069528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8fb55d79dee0b9c9e7dc7f9ca24733/bufujizepibevaxenokupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0fa1cea7d4---fotodimapofopelawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/lotoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089afdf75100---29586160416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a28739d908a83535c39e69023496a9/32091829341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d48af7a70cf4cc8ae49fa192b730010/50287033298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612568550385d---vedirawepemibezinupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bf2fe35b3---weferebuvekovojonolugogon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=airline+domain+knowledge+pdfPDF 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_off0000f62b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF62B 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 9eaccd9dbc6ac9455391a92d4d483ec7db754bc282c2e370fab53b407971feec
font_01_sfnt_off00010e95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E95 18340 bytes
SHA-256: dfe9311046152887e3205ba92ad19a3377007d0d59948b809b508c0ae01c2605
font_02_sfnt_off00013e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1