Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60f5a7f471625d33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:14:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ca96586132f9d727e9e34975d9a68db5 SHA-1: 3d07d3b72f20393932058c5ed100b97f15a60e60 SHA-256: 60f5a7f471625d331f4e5a5bb1b8f20698d99a65486cb73d36451081110f8a51
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through a malicious attachment to click on these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae7c7e22685c8602021d3aeb2d1f269/56800171323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021071711124780554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/rikarodokijererex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703362d811c---54937125545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b329d7748c47af0c4a40bb3a750d8db3/11286621690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/bolopewimerotufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9112175a28---fajukibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609830e55c5a8---12514627538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/32347179031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/47969009828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588801e24a---36960699357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraldocomo.it/userfiles/files/boxokexesonunubugusiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e25f84794f82539ff669d8a696474c5/40813304872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granite1962.com/clients/869125/File/bezubugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30a10cf456---7307934989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/gisudezugefapivujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kp-technik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16155971083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/zarabanojonubajejuvomosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/79179175398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608375cc5e9d1---linofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=frases+para+desear+un+feliz+navidad+a+una+amigaPDF 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_off00010000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10000 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 85c9399f621390ff35c09e9a35f5b549c5ba9b0944c1f3a8c07cf9ecd91cb7d3
font_01_sfnt_off000118b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B7 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 6ab52af08388b2c7a9f08dd141141ed7c56f91ea1c62574d6720e1870047b254
font_02_sfnt_off00014601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1