Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d6a919f725e355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:52:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e7c9c77d35f7cdc45518a30471daf561 SHA-1: 81e65b763904518720f4c4dc9ec5e2c9e6d871e9 SHA-256: 60d6a919f725e355438c1812e64ab4a7be422b3a6228257e72367a2e1376f28a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+ccg PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27o9reln77qbdojnhh3qktv3d7/denixugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///56267617508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6487777433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssss-sangam.com/userfiles/file/84516409398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/45123511760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146b42d8554f---mesezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/din6iie0u2pe69vnm8b03gni27/badixenajofopanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c14e6098899b94a563e58fd67a556e5e/92013568616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a10d9e1b95d73e5a97f7d3d5bea970d/74725832940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoto.us/Images_upload/files/nogupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/kamitufuremikupozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/latodowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvcsoltau.de/userfiles/file/9579277783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/81790071370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8338390919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.it/file/pejumenujiriruluxezixeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/20367037349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/jokapolafuxijudepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144e236eb5de---bategaxipinexolitafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/55208142212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gites-les-bardots.com/userfiles/file/dosesutasuvutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulapezamigaxebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indcms.testingmachines.com/images/file/gesusaraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614093179a385---zodugekawadutakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/gumetotoladale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368779c285b---25325011189.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_off0000cf24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF24 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5a3cd8c3732264ae1a68c8515cf8579cff25e9232b051002e68a5f6b1a7779
font_01_sfnt_off0000e729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE729 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3B 18948 bytes
SHA-256: 200e9d71ae1604f6ca926ebf1aa14dcccfe0bbf99dd828aa4975d6b767868196