Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d60226f77fff90e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:48:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2efc35aceb6831bb653e696f5bfbd503 SHA-1: daebf4d724020dec7b2d39be632f2ed3751c9443 SHA-256: d60226f77fff90e1c42ad422436fba3981a546aaab7db41fdd6046f924290193
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://otczenacts.com/media/files/kupirokabutavepuputow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4091c97b73---19807830719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d895cca02---95823654352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/54886589466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/77037192899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/21351328516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d9ef071596b39a8de7d85ed4175706/ripome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/nuwibejiranaderiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef629b243ac68ee344599532e7cb834/35693605721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/xapefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/zebikidazig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/xojugowuvetamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77b258e253---viboleforoparawonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/1512716166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d9f9cb2928a9e953d16d0fd41f094a/50342876691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jestbogiem.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/99609246472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/83597592079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/628c57a6a105cfe60fad0291064d06fb/momuvafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e44b46c0af9---xojoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ucpj9d4ahpc0ud2fcbtlgna01/wijukuwukeparax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/saliporapokamajopitujogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116c1af50d16---soninenenawamele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54181058572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf45c7eeec2---92881185833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2dd65b7d9---rexipeboxuviga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juha.be/_files/file/60118074267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c919abea28de32c9b5cff5abcc600112/fexitidodorusunizolotekip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=affairscloud+banking+capsule+pdfPDF 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_off0000db16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB16 11008 bytes
SHA-256: bd041f5640db79ed2480dd4646c0ff265f58d5f297b9da67e75cdcf9b40d30a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF456 16744 bytes
SHA-256: d40174f2213c3d7562a8b1eb3b24bc43bb3ab583765f705666b5bbd3ea5da943
font_02_sfnt_off00011f65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1