Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60b8a4d15fe3bbfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:18:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5eb4ef36d6334af390cc1542e8c459b9 SHA-1: 2d2125ea02fa6eaa2bc7b665156d60baf93f5426 SHA-256: 60b8a4d15fe3bbfe51873dfd02a96dd064e6e4ae80399cfb4c16bc1c24147ac0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used for initial access and potentially further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1civsgj4p9ra1n45q696k3030/64377100817.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e8eaa9c702cb19315b11caa5840475/83107355424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/14719208408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/66939550061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/wimipuduwidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/kagajirofilalumolewevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezoxudukarurubutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redsky.tv/userfiles/files/25624204068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/7127509835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6953li3sr70jfejdl1ctu0k0ue/gipiwavefutemebipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/65688167492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitunetatezasabivusebexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/gajefuremebemumodifajujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4eeb12f7d---kevexuwidaliwinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/304c7d91f205c6bf4b891f962f6be313/zidigoxazanomebadoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepojamivugalefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb713db0d8f8fa1b414e126383b18b0f/39331304338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3823399b8---kodupetivopigabopatomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/30947550221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a7755a9c4e72cf658eb8e762dd1f47/mezelobozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaksd0gi3ff6ph78hscekr7qdh/27417973800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1071908469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m29jo7jn2coc5q9svdsf73j74/fukunisakimanomevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/18443143360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=words+with+vv+syllable+division+patternPDF 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_off0000f686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF686 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 772670901d750edec36d75216b55ec85a54646f38ed0ce59e7bdaf38f1e373e2
font_01_sfnt_off00012641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12641 10888 bytes
SHA-256: a0aff3ee5296ed44263f476221aaa838d2d57c7222da92627750b010eaf931e4
font_02_sfnt_off00013f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1