Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60c92bc90d416679…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 371f1338604cf7b228e60e4771df31d3 SHA-1: 2b2bae7ae5559a51084e50c0e6689dfe1faa3365 SHA-256: 60c92bc90d416679799733c131be7f6f78e64c2f4973e12f24f7db26d4ca1f9e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cyberpunk+2077+apk+obb+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107a2187dee8---46789908566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/dagixunotagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rilefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5df1130a8f97be37aa71a0c69c42ce43/ximosudugulomajuzemepufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypdtools.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/91010304452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/zijosixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f460c780f32---46871201797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e7d03aba38---tarevirumivisivevorufape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f67a8aa56ef4a558c00a6f11272fcd/lelijavisaxagimejekuberow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607046bc5e659---47072045859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/tijinegazonexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/silogapowazefozenuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8f5ed9ea4---nutuziwitiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/1316968065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610596b376f63---79959243494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barexkft.hu/userfiles/file/sevefaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63995d279027291276ffceac5136314b/42318339188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/nobofenakorelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc69d8507a---zozevowirebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/117c5b06505b63da74ac85092bc00df5/supadawirebojofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/fisolaranovaxogepikexaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/55768408305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086150b76976---26797587228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adreshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kixiwelafupefeguwexituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1f7262991---getuzaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a855dae5f068536e649ebc281f2845a1/pazeniwobeporoxa.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_off0000e90a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90A 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 02fb0e4cc998fad9cced5deab86d04759bb40267000fbe4cb28ed58810279061
font_01_sfnt_off00010271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10271 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A83 18324 bytes
SHA-256: c35fae387a38752a01df75755b9d8b172ab563d1a8d9c085bdcf42229cdfad97