Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b60f3f823c121e1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-10-07 01:35:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 13d3fda89c77c01df7ca79e54f8ffc77 SHA-1: 1348b32df9de9817ccd5abb1517c1a00ad611dbb SHA-256: b60f3f823c121e1cfe7a4f22a3fae9790c8230a5ccf3d0a9ca5cd29dccdbf07f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or link farms. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into calling a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external links suggests a potential for downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=charleston+county+register+of+deeds PDF link annotation
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/zovemegusomifedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holmeslawfirm-iowa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/35054989150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ganganagardentist.com/userfiles/file/rodezoxedofoperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/19078871380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nurdagihaber.com/resimler/files/37516019648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/wozeruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edenestates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84654095234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/satubajudopelimadigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/7766119182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/lafotuladotowawojukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c36a6410350689ac7c327bd4481329/xiburubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c28780cd5d8d24b7e56fb90c8079151/64803917594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1996406824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202109file/2021091123450970554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/wififevimekaripurafilupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210924_4C3268E8EB27409D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marienoellebermond.com/img/uploaded/file/2257577183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/didemalesufom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innova-perila.ru/upload/files/97712751177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/durezuvetowobidatonabolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/vovefusamuxanugupesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210916025907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2bircruise.travflex.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/62453499306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizawisitupiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147ed56eebee---59526485314.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_off0000daaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAA 11000 bytes
SHA-256: ea19c6fb2808973be8515b817d75c20b39c8bc47605a4bb4baa839babd68ffba
font_01_sfnt_off0000f409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF409 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1B 19860 bytes
SHA-256: 1aa342d1f43ac469f16b08647064d0211c23ccc61b2dc781c96fe22343d1a8e4