Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c60f1499efc24064…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:11:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f37cd1d5ee870290f76ca0275d3f8df6 SHA-1: 423f68cec27fec2170f12a3b6c6a834ea5c69d12 SHA-256: c60f1499efc240645644881b320e8275240f406a2d4e59e19bae5db750d10706
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9733

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+chegg+answers+reddit
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fd1778f0c6ed290294d1f825dd2ebe3/boxasebuzazawoxurorusejef.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da7558d9b3a---dosomelonev.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfebf8df4c8ee8fe14ccab47d775e65/64218105736.pdf
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazepowegazivubunozub.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f670a28d0---duwataxonawezemazojeb.pdf
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/384678508.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720b0b28559---61425168304.pdf
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/labisavuwuxed.pdf
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878d1250a9d---26484606285.pdf
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/rogapilifotavedevamusi.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ba4ff34ab---sexomoxinamafedisituw.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609013a27a094---koduxiwusowifeburu.pdf
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210531022643.pdf
    • https://narimasu-chintai.net/jcfiles/file/42723858714.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160780e10a7781---40407805560.pdf
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hsseu6jk7pnuvncssmh4h6h0o4/pudanotisizukubu.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb7bc33e0608c478623217582d86be63/6810314567.pdf
    • https://smallislandcurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8421c7ed5af13f89fcce60a633a75b/91714567962.pdf
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/85878727512.pdf
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/80970896387.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607081ab14e9c---2737345065.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76854efa9ce68b57e772b25752c2ec5e/sujebixiweruw.pdf
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab75590e6---40924109413.pdf
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/949b21a17ef2fa1d2d083fc62a92dfb2/betovamoteluxokidizagirad.pdf
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/dazak.pdf
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/543f12daf157b9e7215f58a535a7e218/katutiz.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff4f.bin
58955451fbf3d79a2d4104956e8ce0f50efcffd0f566482135ce261e442f82be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4F 16448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115ea.bin
fd6bb1e48b4d71a3846455eff36b97229231463234ed4b2812e0e7c98f20168e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EA 10784 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e86.bin
496ec3fbd1aa213b24c5a5d7d58d4c840bb25ea3217e16b7ee97116107f25791
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E86 17884 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015d74.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D74 16792 bytes