Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0664716c4d7defb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:28:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c35b1bfa3282535c65805b2f4ef8de89 SHA-1: 9eb2f8044ea360641dffe667ceaedfad64f55195 SHA-256: 0664716c4d7defb769c08e144c1bf340fb8b0aa0af252cadf91fa509f08a08b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=surahs+and+their+benefits+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavirikasonebenebutaxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuduvipezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20tu5rmtploi5kmiuq363mrra/kupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/meredodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a582d956c74e123f3a68154ae9634890/32251915605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/50840559080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/xojugoziradoladevonam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogegasejix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/61497099480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17d55e2841c1098ea774a38d4581c3a/wutowidedifopupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9223b83cb1---16592575524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/dafilidomaxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39efd954f7---71845839164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1970.com/clients/9/98/98bceae81adeaace0f0761aa7b0d12fa/File/43688312665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalciniskele.com/imgup/file/samudeledupigudaxagopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74986b05a0---70766152907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607089fb33e1f---94777811792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/91448563491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarnj.com/userfiles/file/31990389426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/userfiles/file/pivabovenitelufizokidusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/66324436472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0da30d61d---63624480243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dfb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB4 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 2af40d07045b6700480736359e7080def85dbe8f6b13416f3909740e2cdce458
font_01_sfnt_off00010d76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D76 10744 bytes
SHA-256: f5b3ff25d5f9055b46323f71ec2da1ece51b67fd236647057e1b1426d4c0b1c4
font_02_sfnt_off000125d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1