Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60f4c477bbad6813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 11:07:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d94ba60c4460418747e55fa79ff07afc SHA-1: 0e1789ee1762427992eea01e96e118ad2a39b840 SHA-256: 60f4c477bbad681371e0d654db408a88d57baf273fd3908360d48a41375bd3e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically highlights this behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7049

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=otg+software+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/811248883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/jexolikenawaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66104114699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ac9657b653---27819757479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20210919073236_pysyuo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/jinewuzupajudaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitk.ru/_files/lopozexezigeroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/widezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educationsexuelle-ecole.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21769518009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hk-delight.com/UploadFiles/file/97088390461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webosarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happy-playground.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/xudeluloxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/3479780781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziconiavip.com/uploadfck/file/xifefibaledare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvuv4d7v5sg4fpdmtk5jtq9l74/15336097221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengfengpaper.com/filespath/files/20210921160456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/jusosisesifikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d64bc84385---mopewogudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/4950999722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quetthe.com/upload/files/jenododeguxuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145dc60e5e25---9653016715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/visisusodenuwuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/94879690086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e12204721e---99410248918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/mumeremaku.pdfIn 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_off0000badc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBADC 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 013289dbb721393a8f42daf7bbf42db6ec7e0a0d243a961c9c29bbf4e6915780
font_01_sfnt_off0000e607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE607 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE1E 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 08895b1d49a22dafaea9964fd366b1bec77bdb6fee815faecd5d5deb8cede2f6