Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0060acd54f739ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:33:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0e9d1a4f67e63b74d5d82f6cb764637d SHA-1: 02cd3961cb1a4d473fae70869349ccdd0ce29849 SHA-256: d0060acd54f739abe5fdab91d912fa0930c076f3476e0db3bf33fcb30eb782db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the ultimate destination. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-26/20210626032904647553.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addd9febb9a7fb6fd3767abb61437464/fadosadizijekizezavatosu.pdf
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/xefogu.pdf
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/11395482112.pdf
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/20108993526.pdf
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/kixanalika.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991e13d00a7---28937223784.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a83e49a131a9f8f663b8dc5ff1bf0b8/73128066985.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb15557b57---55909030405.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/37206572858.pdf
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b67f6e9b20c731ff75b2083080ae3f5/87323079150.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/929a2d8b3089e5e9543af349b628e058/xupifazamagutedobunu.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695d654469523a200e28657001736220/23671112776.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k78evi8t5def2uqf3blqt433vh/mokuv.pdf
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/853012160.pdf
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/7221089773.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb64f99ed7---simirulepidiwugi.pdf
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/260b2a44543c81b26aabab0cd65d4c68/rebeluxamifojasofekafup.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/luoifukbb73qboq7vmj3dhfs6s/79620975075.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868edd8cd8a---majokatukikiwabepu.pdf
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3002d2ec9ab170d8d0eac2e67aa285/90664066884.pdf
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aidao6rmfgdlccb7o1f5u7pfqa/46038537983.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pull+the+wool+over+your+eyes
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49775ad6fb219f1376292b92fe08ac1/38126150730.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec85.bin
55d0362c662a1d0ae906a866bf9550fad19a9ae747e2e11b4efb04a552aac60f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC85 18672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d7c.bin
b63a123b520ee4bfdfc7eec70cc6e4ad87383dcb902194f672dd1fc09b93f3f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7C 10216 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134b9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B9 16792 bytes