Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee60bb6bc7c09af2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 10:51:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1b409636893fbc1c9b17af0ce811df63 SHA-1: cdf0595fcaf61a1839a1ac99559fc02f0687cff8 SHA-256: ee60bb6bc7c09af224a347cf6c1e181376496d3c2b4ca65cffe24c87bf4997e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3770914fcf640017181a2b981f625586/90852605640.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/lujimupamoteruzuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/mujupulurozovupugarawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7876d21899a65893829ddd633b8f8cc6/86333770927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a98f12902d---tukujitipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/nesenazeribexosunazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/dabaxizofizovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/safewowenokulerumuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57cbdbd8f68e947b3d7910e057beb9c/goboxowukawofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/dobijolibodedujosejave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366d5f51e6f245371a20eab6069f7bea/4513062954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec4f31b982d54447aeb60a06fa429e8/suwenefududemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a33419309f87435a938e76986834592/32744136826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee27100c923---nikagegukezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/lexufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itkaufmann.com/images/fckimages/file/79776101873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae5946e759---25498792526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6992fe2dc8f7448d0cb127ca6335bbde/26633343913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3po8msaqklg4h5ir7qn7o2qtv7/53914804250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607407ff17d9f---50551765139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/64168997029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/pupisosiwefekeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da88cefd50408606d0c1b3bcf4325027/25789086817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f03a3e929---6420635077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210616002610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=different+types+scalesPDF 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_off00010cd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD9 17420 bytes
SHA-256: c87b86d93c87d92efc144f3e44448ff1780ec70517cf0a027e8d09d83e4f86da
font_01_sfnt_off00013a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001526d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526D 10468 bytes
SHA-256: f8f699c6cf38e74edbb42da9e37f8af3d86b8491d656fd023645a29affab35fb