Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d60fd7b1b50b35c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 22:27:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5d3f2ef5a6f70a0d484de4c1a89fee1d SHA-1: 9958909c4a16f486c1f1609b7dfbb553b645ea78 SHA-256: d60fd7b1b50b35c9d07d33502b78f395ee02f4b24f09b8a49b75925942c270d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+followers+app+download PDF link annotation
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1630900492_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32401687177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/77007987670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf96d401b0---57987938844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/50979792242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailynewsodia.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/88971153419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodamvientin.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nitofovepegowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/23448193381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bursaceyizgelinlik.com/images_upload/files/bokivalobulamuzamago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux02.wadhost.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowexonuweliwozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e5e35de63---veleludelegewiwizetewanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/51730726929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/60503055047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613101bb28ea2---zulatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idolyokocho.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82261854292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celeb.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/55387035387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixpaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusiduxudiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/nedarebabudaniwukotoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomisszio.hu/tmp/fetugokizosufuzetaniwo.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_off0000af55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF55 16740 bytes
SHA-256: d709a2fa1f417f71936d0419db0f5783529eb3a4c3a610ecd39d43539795de7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d98e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD98E 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 1c3ec8f1a333fdf55f11607f700f635c0e3e0e70a2396de64e1de868f8d33416
font_02_sfnt_off0000f125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF125 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1