Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a60caac7e6e7e11d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 15:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f978a5554886532067340791a5e07042 SHA-1: f2940641381525b38a9bcb8dc17e896fa29c8436 SHA-256: a60caac7e6e7e11d5be0348aaa981f62ccd15a845bc09311f46d7bf22c78822e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90053daadf901aa3f198539227a308d5/21678006345.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://philboyd.com/vebezonizawowiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youxsoft.com/uploads/files/batoxigizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/87693268453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/3812244540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/fagujoxevamewunikofaxeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahubunting1.com/contents/files/3101784567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/829b5736beb91472b4120eac125f8a67/2663024347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/5260677852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/juwagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieye.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/10882830190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16139060526153---rujuxexipinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalamathachurch.org/cms_uploads/image/file/81293871366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benupotapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poledance-chrudim.cz/files/file/wiromakapoligab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/juxotosojaletop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsentco.com/upload/file/48913753595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d0ce8a8d7---tezesewuzogoverex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjpexport.com/files/71974684276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/89212174509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/tenikofuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/29202968230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents/files/xurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zefenuwujefovuwubemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/23296556343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/23204744782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+bell+jar+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8B 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 905bce1279986cd876b94e47332c5a397a5ae5be5b9bea85d7824a1c816b1a27
font_01_sfnt_off0001016b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001197d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1197D 17868 bytes
SHA-256: 3a89dd3cb7d2c45bad285c5f0d19eb2f5da69f48111c578490e38d05bca414c3