Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc60ec38cf7368a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:01:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3e8a326eec0e0a975cf8553f86a1af59 SHA-1: 4e42c9b8193c3fb4d71ae32c634cd6262183b3d5 SHA-256: dc60ec38cf7368a910199f4759fe5a94c7f0e1b8ec0e124a92397d5d37a82b56
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to link farms hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a redirection mechanism to deliver malicious content or phishing pages to unsuspecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36dcda176a---29159916560.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/88078854083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/xevikeniborilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf1ed20e1c---jigajurofelivuvewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873870c290d---poferudowegajubavalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8616f0bb6b6d116abf75895fcfc2ba4b/72860502296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/teduxasebiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/jowekuguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021081718225273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4ei88vf8gunuitp0oqlralkhe/lurasesexoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petukmahaaaraj.com/userfiles/file/8558277451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/344cca3504f326bd56dca1f779782214/jijijigovupibebomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjadf18jpc18sr1265ol3j4jj6/16933767482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vozomusesejowisanamesomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/puwefifagowomepeborebiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/50249736910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f53ac8abc---pomigoviwazek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/78950311807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9hjmcjfeipp8vvcn4abnnm289/vokewozudozitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/nujamokuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830a546aa88---segixerunikikutenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skalamatbaa.com/userfiles/file/nisemewanitakokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/buwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a131b859a1381fdbe3240887ad700919/79011723591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a7a2b0a36---5898023044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/39026693154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=muestreo+no+probabilistico+por+cuotas+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_off0000dd22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD22 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 51de72e0c7ca3fb0495845dbc41f4a358ff39b98b2feb9b37333923e5cb799dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF616 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E28 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 7e360ba465de0ac43374cc82b6430b262d83269f4dd79d6670fa3b16f713d4c6

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