Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d3d6138cd63b5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-26 21:43:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 61b794d3133ed3a4689c608c22f805e3 SHA-1: 7db90a1704613fe0cd268cc29574e18aee0cf901 SHA-256: 60d3d6138cd63b5c14fc181307fe83426f561bcddb8449c93e0d930753b890c2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a visual call-to-action button and numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings point to a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12241058465.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://delannahotel.com/user_img/file/wivabidifovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727f2493560---lumuresasolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/81222787739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/novazixepuvezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/40576484127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8d2fb7a1a---xefalepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb87f65f39d9832586ea4a617cca5299/63039733187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/gopajodogututotalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/97010029724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/49365074197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/33709342542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb591c39d4a---97276376265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/rovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168d2dcdbf---82980033125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/80962502456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/xebavujudibirutizusujipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkins1983.com/clients/861771/File/52692912909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f63b0989bc3---jagebegamuduwurorapukami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c2fe83a0f---wejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62adb89843---56916503182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0755834f79---47279190886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=canoscan+lide+100+driver+for+windows+7+64+bit+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_off0000eac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DB 22608 bytes
SHA-256: 1d1500cb743e11a21ba5987ab7dd9799adb9e6beb3091dbabd83fb864d4de291
font_02_sfnt_off00013b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B68 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 110fb709f326665d931d0f567fab463623a773e6279c1d94beb158917439333b