Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d19cbb42155654…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:36:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 598bbc913ec23005a8ff220637c7bab9 SHA-1: b9e75ef2c7002f40bff2556f5a72b4f288817e7f SHA-256: 60d19cbb42155654c952f3b8bafc0d434f0439fd18191577d9c9c15ad3fd02c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://asqcert.net/files/files/75583427742.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfksvmg0caoeg0ibr7mqfik0jb/zajuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/nuxizavunetefatowepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf7d181f01---saxozevujewojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/katikuluzibezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/16016917622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/67717229039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curryleafharleysvillepa.com/hang/userfiles/files/54167392610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/fabojisuseniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-8-15/20210815053231861875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovawesaliwerimibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c04174add---90604578259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/patimetefozilimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/nokezisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/27819165530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202108151335499182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f40cc7e3448119e86720385a681c57/94170990425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trrfu443i0oop9pf6kh6t13dk2/labekulogufeniwozadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986fb2f1b29---84928721491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c493c70cb---kigajewujaligopajeteviza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/dosulofurowujutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f3dd68236---giwuzorixenevitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25c23f326ff3ea40de3a852e3c32d64/mekuvasafetovepuxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--rssx31a7tec6p.com/upload/userfiles/files/20210626145113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3e231c17e3---28442816446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608610e8933e0---32875339586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bd3bbac18---xomijarojurosibuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c99569334d1154cab8d1be0a1aa9d87/22658483858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=weekly+schedule+maker+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
stream_003_off0000f14d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xF14D 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 5a6447f5693a0d20de65e6c9fabf72b8280d6e022cdf3e91885dd71f249fe4d6
font_01_sfnt_off00010a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012230.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12230 17936 bytes
SHA-256: 2c21bb38b9fa06d821f8967a493fc7ea5439aa716ea88198ae0ec64235366273