Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60dbb579f60d6e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 13:01:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f23ed3e712d23a67ed559d1678bba670 SHA-1: e2c80e03757870b3c8ec4bec8bedd069dce6d50a SHA-256: 60dbb579f60d6e9e095d9273fb9e0a363baa1b9413e26f263f186245db723d4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely intended to lure users into downloading further payloads or visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/nupugovujadefurupipeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/74466366256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mevexixiluwopinukuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/55239229772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edniq98a2hcdgu3d5nqe3ahanl/29279268443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/maq5p19p9esa4bljkjmc0vkeai/tadesodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/takasuwuluxezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divelufefezovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/femadubojotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbe3c6f979---lalofutuxutavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26459565347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/31910550355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/fatududefekunixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/287gb4dkmn7qca2ctsu35ouefg/jakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/853d7bab08eba5bbe3a6a7b853c10c23/limuximanulakemepotagunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68425042ba4921621b0459e9edb4047b/nezosexivixejemozomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c80432721e---fipezugetawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89635044397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc2e0c093a---1057071331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4042e350a6---1652050349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/53908402456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb929979bf6---pabojonefomajagudufesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/soxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+cce+manual+for+primary+classesPDF 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_off0000b673.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB673 15744 bytes
SHA-256: a4f803957050d604354b7dd54046bc93ca109ed4378e3678b5fba51fd09f4b24
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7C 10928 bytes
SHA-256: d79ddee5133041d902de1fbdd59643db87fda6a4eec4a391f9353342c42db935
font_02_sfnt_off0000f695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF695 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1