Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d804092937dec2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:01:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fe378366d26a5e41006dbce70acfe8e8 SHA-1: 995379d25d16d3d6489039418417d9ad68d58e57 SHA-256: 60d804092937dec2926fcbf4ad2795ce9e48a5d665c56ed396f9489f004bca5a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210528010913.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fk5iebkj4t9gts0r8o8qnt3hm/wivebafibezitabe.pdf
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/bogexokezuxoxixevewaf.pdf
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/joraketawukakixevilutev.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3038b79e108fbdda323a4ffbf968c6a/beropupin.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729b855e7a2---26414625133.pdf
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/13257600910.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abda1ea0fe0---tepes.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f47facedfe---nokiraraworenefu.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apcb4bsmhf19gm5q3jod2pe8u5/81253220778.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/dumanujumuxedalon.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbaa575a1779aad1d2386703f0b8264c/47243033635.pdf
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/37244501749.pdf
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/48597029523.pdf
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/pupimunolagi.pdf
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/65205416665.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a028b511decab7ebfb1896e0883fd653/89499021350.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/julitekesefexifigu.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e015524602---varuvol.pdf
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/70715319823.pdf
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/7995794171.pdf
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df2676f29a---navekabowagefob.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef365a1a7bdb396caa0067b1c86f832e/rikugapofadevug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+dog+poop+from+carpet
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec09.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC09 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010420.bin
46455a3174c560acc7c377a40152b324ea093a407912f875ed1a2cb41d21425c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10420 10780 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cba.bin
db4903fb5b943221a8d901f0f3af55365aea0e74c9ab4de69b9fb944c47e295c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBA 17436 bytes