Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60ecf671cd587f68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 159fbeb55993d0eac00004ee80bb06e4 SHA-1: d63c80236f74966e11a776588657318a65e22ced SHA-256: 60ecf671cd587f683b99f358ad1275831a94864b209bcfd899cf879b2c38fb1e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to masquerade as search results for academic papers to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solid+state+physics+by+arun+kumar+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://emusicmarket.com/upfile/board/files/97543724341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098152911e68---41791313039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb22f665ee39d8d3f59954bc8c9ac10/tujekujezuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5e0bca5ce---taxexutarivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/xubesitinikikuwopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///66867802261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f32c995d5---favaguledide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/48673006753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721e0c0e3dc---69303574129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/39974773115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ei4dson0qjttuucji8po0d4457/18692071369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q939u6odhu96b4cufafhq7o4o/55378313049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/247960929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/kerezizikopimatujur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wuvixekesene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ed5d93677ba77ce977c40a160ae2b4/tetovamidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedf6277599---81933597097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cm8caae5d9a0a0a1dxk6dd.com/user_img/files/surofalosuberovulonojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca314156b6---45952191879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/rafadekuzozuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/32230301407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cr8ett8tgrt7l6c3gnfa4f2p5/puravepivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896461206ca---57929969612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43980947fc0c079a0426029920613b5b/xinenepunogexotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/nimetonotuxudurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo8a5ejkm79m0j6777vr9e65d1/93060182416.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_off00011583.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11583 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 1562629479b3d818792caccafd723ff392ab442169a2638402bc8467220ec763
font_01_sfnt_off000144ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CC2 11408 bytes
SHA-256: 1490986c81a5053705b654c7a10aef7e77a79ca5247248004e2fcee61b63b8e5