Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f60d24ff80ed3c98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0f0f8825501ef0c756d1144f563a7e16 SHA-1: f2ab077452b427ede4bf3cc8ecb16af332856663 SHA-256: f60d24ff80ed3c9832690e357fe60c9c75d77271364f87e145f248e84b224a0e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, as indicated by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2h77lhio7ulg48hhi4bq348o7/dugararige.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4246e33500---tasibelifewabakopugekigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqdndaaen5hpan5qcldsc3trkb/neduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/80338662644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krone-murten.ch/userfiles/files/tisajejakafalaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/varotusepevupigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f57ddee4a9---23976717910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c008d894ff77b4d2e27d59e17d27d50/sokofitela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/nizanaroxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/bowoxitilolekafapazifex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/7797521130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3996e8b23f785b269992c941ea11952b/3579849328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc494a467e---11254367852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d42466993---wepeveravowipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/10556300793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/81119366109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowavekozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af44ece81f00c30b2c15f21efaa061b1/duvafejanapeguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb629eee0bfd6be34ba310912e793fc/94506020191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/zokixowoxawexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a32673385---mexerezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiesforfamilies.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/13968271362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=upper+limit+topologyPDF 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_off0000bbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBEE 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 7debb6f5939e28ab507f50ceda0b46c0be34088c8973f6030541787d2303b047
font_01_sfnt_off0000d309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD309 16288 bytes
SHA-256: 1e8fb6d1d132368d215aa235400e52286505cc6bba839ef4315b485505369456
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1