Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e60f2dfe378ee933…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ef923cf11d09a8e133af59b430ca452b SHA-1: a689387b7aa0667993971b5b7712a8b2ae0e3eb5 SHA-256: e60f2dfe378ee933f5d2fe9790b3ddbaf1b72db70367f79b42e678edd5ad35d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the PDF structure suggest an attempt to lure users to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbpe4d58o0rbthccvsim2ktfst/37756177526.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/13380242714.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a953ed60b00---fepudolilepisimaxerolaj.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fda35c29c6---miwusikegelarobamimugaz.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917898dceae---47616453241.pdf
    • http://thicongdiennuocmiennam.com/uploads/files/16956401240.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da5fbe7fed---66159016869.pdf
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae504dd664a---fivukilomavozo.pdf
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/90296361616.pdf
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1jpcq0mldlnbgm3lcdfeq8fg7/4471369190.pdf
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/vujipekawev.pdf
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/57099704269.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5241a3839cebc565518a35af33b3c61b/muvubesobe.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b38100ba1---87033167235.pdf
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9ca09427d---38970833603.pdf
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072242215a4e---29381331003.pdf
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/28757651105.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e92fb77e2---18587916019.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccc3443bf608409696f4f3023122c5fe/sitizewuvirokutujovi.pdf
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/xatumugene.pdf
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/44151211040.pdf
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/94111423379.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25240044e257fe3c70fc499754444fee/31059515445.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=insert+operation+in+binary+search+tree
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eda0.bin
a7b33226820dd2fef5d4447338675b9e3b68254b23f607c637b16ee34ba57137
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA0 10632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105b9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dcb.bin
647d9b8fe9cd066511139e059c83b56e0c27d408d9df90c39acab5813f426c3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DCB 17320 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014b8e.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B8E 16092 bytes