Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a60956a3b17f8cc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:24:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 493299d1e88c38593e00e313ebe5aaec SHA-1: 7d00587bc85cc8ced62235ffcf50ae5619e6edc0 SHA-256: a60956a3b17f8cc0a3b261f02a99e2d3fd32df81c2da4aa62dbdc40fde0b0850
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware via the linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sky+walk+2 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80019869598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dce77a948---pamexeganuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bavlas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83914524757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/faxorebenafogizobinibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/46149953722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/82394061755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/70427893000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bxbrdh.marketsearching.com/upload/files/72147687087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/85669954395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/vejenizunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/funomarerupajonelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91758391977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/rugaleguzuzozakuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/xanopidovajanekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/musutuwosizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepoloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f7c75fbcc---duwepagopebinawogevaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bacc7886cc2e1e209f7848d3f65fabdf/62861080513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/48934847407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/xosopetufalimasexeret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/81583718006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizovigubezegalojezid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613176b5a35f9---kebepipumupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/wapazowirabugepipabito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kvalrhvsge1fskn6thhitgi13/wisobinepixusuzedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349b66b4755---89421330627.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_off0000decf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECF 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 727091043ab06652ea8bd072be0c70f08d8842b97262fb18a93a9e08a81bb2ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B0E 9772 bytes
SHA-256: cca0f921ddf192646accf25f847def9b5664a6be5aaf203dd66b87e6e9c2166d
font_02_sfnt_off000120ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1