Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60f7e41c462246b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:52:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 175c68ef48689ee217b744034cf667c4 SHA-1: 130f74c7387dd2a82f1115ad9e6710c69dd7217c SHA-256: 60f7e41c462246b2ecd94a843b22f34815cc2db4c3b10328df15a8ccbb7f4fbb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits PDF vulnerabilities for execution. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or further stages of an attack. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting reinforce the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082060ed8d9f---49538448772.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a7802d1f83d908257d5c93612083f73/wojufakugivurewugepusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e944584c22---jironosubati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/79006513911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/60345067882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologyforeverybody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18658122238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/xokezopunixulewozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/nudefaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/diwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f56aa58deb---pezamimekaxomutedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/povizovegasojiferabali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed6a66ce16---kedibejukavufugemawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/duzemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/keronoxuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161060b20d8b03---gubojibuduvise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b837520497edaaa7fab3566188863f14/goxapabosatawutidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4575d7ccd2---dufifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/61167256983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/23296368194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3909fcc253---lumijozulazupuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/66915341677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/44069250945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a8c152812---51170093613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c019b3272700ebdc3effe0d78de9f9/dimedimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/bibawareriviravanojojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/mudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=lg+dehumidifier+model+ld450eal+manualPDF 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_off0000be04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE04 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 3a25bd10ff7a5b1bf4bcb52f0486f8eee2749845316733d09633d3f236643896
font_01_sfnt_off0000e785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE785 10924 bytes
SHA-256: a13f17515ae102e954cd2f4b64c1c65c1a7d17e8528c7c4d3b6d2473347e718e
font_02_sfnt_off00010066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10066 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1