Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b60be608f2c7a3ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:49:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0255711c4dcc22eb652e0bb281bb3f3f SHA-1: 88a33a925ab916878c7e2c3c6a8e5f4b2c0d9267 SHA-256: b60be608f2c7a3ff27dbbfc5c67a771324a9d3fb3c5614f97a9e251c01332f56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, several of which appear to be compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75403876032.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/jazukudagepudegalabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4f9323b11---basizedaporunideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/kudete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/22156032453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/51511294499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphone-odklep.si/vsebina/63388033097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/vimawagarajitikuguxewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprofitnesstrainers.com/userfiles/file/torabejuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bussmann-tiefbau.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/favazeroweteponetorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/kidurapepeteziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/82008235194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/jupiwilubape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e0d111b96df3b3710f250eae2b9933e/lowijifonobufurufemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bnblspecialities.com/userfiles/files/86912270354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejuriste.ru/files/file/sumefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/87481377120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148f8d40f741---10250048467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/95994427223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47992463687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gradn.ru/uploades/fckeditorfile/jutovoxexasutelaxapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szhlfz.net/upload/nisodelavatupobot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=galaxy+s8+vs+iphone+11PDF 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_off0000f512.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF512 18108 bytes
SHA-256: ebafeec1281d38d4d28ef295010fe5e5ab0b1dd3d4b321fab41669daebdc1111
font_01_sfnt_off00012432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12432 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 97b40be47ded76856e8b337537fb52ec509c9f2f49f60af4e6edeca5ca519d93
font_02_sfnt_off00013ce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1