Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60cd238bdb8632a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 22:13:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5c75bdfa28ada67c0a738c2d38d03091 SHA-1: 39085be30d22a71c966bf02f2e92eb51d58de734 SHA-256: 60cd238bdb8632a813ea08e0e345781d5f8d999f23b8fc0260077994763b87dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm or a lure to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing or social engineering aspect of this attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35bb65bd675cf7307b9e24a532b1051f/8137030716.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/fojizamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f961d5e374f---4017538415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/245b17d38edc0f0af726ba38d8562a30/pajaxesabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5759479933cf3ca05036e83c17596fe1/49700119210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/libuveborujokisebulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/1861203335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0012375001626653242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104bc4c71b85---pezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/pokegerafulesitezebaxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/notololofitavowazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/36210333434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/wisizekopakizepeboziwexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9suufvtg0htm25k8cagjum3h6/99361449128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/pivitapasenaxapilovigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netpost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/64584797097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f62ea2f7d1046dfd3a155d03ea9272fc/12378273096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgee19q1tmahvahgcfpjfhggt4/44237332326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/xatowunebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca21997426---87171631063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alariel.be/userfiles/file/zabaliwetokulubuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc9b9d32e2765594537a4a56ffa6dca8/34712442775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/vesizunoroguratuzimufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/33555717492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+track+mobile+using+imei+number+online+in+indiaPDF 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_off0000f11b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11B 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 0cee178f5e9717d2d0befd43042cf4f828d042b0c967ab6e7975f0c7629aa67e
font_01_sfnt_off00010adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADF 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 837ddb54602f3ae02fbee7edf6e41e5e2fbc229766c61d58ce6c58857c312c7c
font_02_sfnt_off000139c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1