Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b600a332cec15a12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1e302525f574da95ee2e925f61c19faa SHA-1: 78b48f83de9c9bdf1e3a4138ef8383d1dc75bb4d SHA-256: b600a332cec15a120f4a94661c01901ecf4811e67377260d51add96ba2821eb3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+compare+software+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://lphs-the60s.com/clients/5/5a/5a84a5cabe7f31a06b4bf99f7e1b7ad6/File/xazefidagafidagotiwotugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/ditunogogawine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a921aaa2266---garix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb866a5fd49---98744684821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b4a64881fead521b2143714ca838c97/dejoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a053caad765---daribugalojapoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/4634244429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villapellegrino.it/userfiles/files/9191819449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17464f4ce8c9b8cc1ad204baa0de8281/lowagezirerilelexigiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2850f3833171baa35c1d722a82d3ce55/dedikifuforegama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae479b2541c---13863785580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sejutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69ce49076d252ce39f35387e50ca4f3/69510892287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852f09548d8---nijezenuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beccaro.it/userfiles/files/14182809275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7239af5ab2afeb8915684ffb0c94c33/mojononuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/vixanosovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f2e25d24f---11976025233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/272016189364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/supamomipujiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldbell1965.net/clients/85689/File/fokozejuwurinopoziruj.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_off0000cbd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E9 17412 bytes
SHA-256: c2bf408416ecd3266db50a9af9cc065002976fa2b504b58f9b8e8a0962373b2b
font_02_sfnt_off00011133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11133 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 1746cc8311526bbaa8dce5efcff94d23bb0f92b9a9ecfd3213596d4b273b6b82

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