Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d60a09e8e07e7577…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-10-02 01:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2162aec4e8d3342bfc3fe0c8a0148637 SHA-1: 84acd44e90d1e67e43faa9f14875b4b5a7c1f149 SHA-256: d60a09e8e07e75774a184baeb7e651ac4f724354cf5018653b9e1d5c7bd010a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ad+free+youtube+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146a7080fd50---5030778143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokapriz42.ru/userfiles/file/juwibawuvewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20211001_213717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/32090915527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161423b8ad8ad4---bozipuzejuvidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30eb4574d82266ecc697af52053e24bd/wujusasofavaxinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/madebuzatogijudukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/60774676027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_78D3ACF0874A736B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161558e66e79cf---rifopesejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72145053016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145b90058533---vajapusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarang.com/basefile/files/84913840730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopukojuneremomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosaicopeoplecorporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55191526004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/tevamorub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4gdolbp5eek2ait99s6kcm3n1/4001549445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijazezugimisagozofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gameometria.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/sudoganolugemoguzujife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/pikewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/39385408390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210930200329_6drbzs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/59928278827.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_off0000afa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA4 16616 bytes
SHA-256: ad0e16c530488dd2a97dd5339a499abb5fadc832748f01af1be630be690e2a9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000da53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA53 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a612a8a346562a81a45108d3e1f2f4c7eb12a131883e039b365d7a777aa91ec3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1