Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60bd1b05260006c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:25:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 71c0dc548d174a54534a7a5a31c1ef6d SHA-1: 622b065cc555ec6a823d55fd6e538812d59be49b SHA-256: 60bd1b05260006c07565f4a3bf9e312efd3da0d72ee2eeb37994aa9607961c5d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file that exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=last+action+hero+movie+stream PDF link annotation
    • http://photo-ostrov.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62028131817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/67388575878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202109071125263451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19733256081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/40566079337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jexikizemujodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyig.com/files/file/43105279979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a7b255641---11844464587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/gukikelivarade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/40540967165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/30786886518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmtechsolution.com/userfiles/78874146698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/12944779884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/buvotinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellibeninca.com/images/file/62226124150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cz/upload/busamudokomonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/rekonodarunegizivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-is.com/userfiles/file/10307185154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/14158814682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/xarutesotetijuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c27e13e9c5---dulomulojetojunilitulili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/83066284502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410df209ab2---sisumuxexipigeditaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130db77eaa32---xizuvixenogi.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_off00010d88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D88 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 3403aa782ff0976c4af8e66cc297c927e5861710007ea50402a9681599fab227
font_01_sfnt_off00013dc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC1 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 3d3d5acee150991859e5032ab908a7e1a24136decfbda5b8e721bde8895df75e
font_02_sfnt_off00015569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15569 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1