Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04668dbb5d9f6cdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:21:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 01ef572c9636d82a58523c587d08a319 SHA-1: 84aa157abe716b5f354e1a1d487daee29cbed687 SHA-256: 04668dbb5d9f6cdb419af791018b1cff759261070f4c28a59ce3cf0f82115fe8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/12683176070.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/duramufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13a9e5fb2c---59814994236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37945c76343d3819455d8b2a86462c18/vemuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/53721583728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f534d53b00d---86959452837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67919518549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ee92bb76d---pidiriwanuxipuzapivejila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cf6a4c1968b2e101f8650224d9c656f/vafikifojubuzozugijiraton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608557ca7e0c5---58015200235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6663d8b098cc5810419c2bd555cb2d75/86512306971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa30430bcd3---49089875384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/29486328356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0ff140eb2---fizodafubiwejudane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/gezulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd3cpp2v1seili5tqadp44qu44/jumemarutotekedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/810998c53b97a9c2a36f4fcb70e75d9a/fejelenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/5454339595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/61294712744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsu4ug61r4g1i6rhcvu9q7aaa6/7204660177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/tulagumipimasigewimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/75841106473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c9d236ec9---febuzakizepadixogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885fb17a335b82f4b9a184a1ad619a7c/kuwafumaremesasivasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=talking+tom+2+download+for+pcPDF 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_off0000e8e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F2 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 5a28d11c600031bd1a59074a29a067eb8b6373a5aa8b2958795a83f9b4a325f6
font_02_sfnt_off00012e01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E01 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 110e6e701235bfbffd775bec2ece48565be029b6eccca39f47a6598527f57103