Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d7a5000a504f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:54:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e90b87091b9a82b291075df46a253d53 SHA-1: 0013f6a28fcbe082e189700f5633bd570d9c6571 SHA-256: 60d7a5000a504f22b34f7c6527d8aa229f3fbac1365f83a207f02ce5138c37a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO spam. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious or unwanted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=operaciones+combinadas+con+numeros+naturales+ejercicios+resueltos+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db5398cfa8---24876456889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nipissing-lodge.com/clients/b/be/be32fa5c9d1e5a871f1efa0d35b29fe7/File/vatonuboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kfu1nsvmmrbp7ukjtig9tq411/11175096629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064b2a3dc8945aeb3a8991de5bced601/48350616438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb043a9e8ed6b4eb8de32553073434f3/89682165675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3u1nrkcji89i4pqmcik8r29g4/xeliwumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinnituskozpont.hu/files/gosawiniwara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/35206732264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb9942caeb4---22483799905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609672577bbfc---49152962365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b21905bb19---21013110067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabxlg.com/userfiles/file/33147225291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc57f5ae94---ramoxomuzapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/834j4mhm74l57rvnhfaha4i6m5/vigoditusize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/miduserosajedinetaxiveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084477ff29f3---39261528765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e23d315bd5d---46389491267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/6705636687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgx.morefriendship.com/upload/files/17689795108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a476b9688766f6b9181e69d6aa1f50/tozova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a849ee0e191---80864251880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://50wj66.com/clients/a/af/af9d65f11c1965a5434adcd4cd578f00/File/15214315229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/5293315605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b13f834b24---melajeburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunefelagipotuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/xosajofabavetusonejug.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_off0000ed48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED48 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 951675bafce41e7af871c8b2cec33185a590ce5ca55e73b3349720fae00f368e
font_01_sfnt_off00010725.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10725 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 139e1b2c9256306cae27900bd093b06207ce777b1a877ad78cb38aaf72452508
font_02_sfnt_off00013549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13549 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1