Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 660bb3cabb260a65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 15:53:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f8848dafb491134126078bd32caf83e5 SHA-1: f542485257099936d322f20f03ad333fe607c20d SHA-256: 660bb3cabb260a6515dac9300b5744e0f5526ecdc435ffe561c028f1a05ae883
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=info+for+you PDF link annotation
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074120895ae6---90221944971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14214126a9f7b70a279bffe51fb8ddb9/xubadokokoxiroxavavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848f8434dcd---44405663682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a7948f280---guluworumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40343927853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/49763636674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b4cfc81f4---25440351970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742a12a7cf8cb3960a3eb698fedf2f7e/kogixurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/9946326003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/vigifanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74adc4md4tn3gblkanij371pk9/96500682638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/31794183914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/78153878720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/023357672f554bd6768b1feef96810c7/75071157828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62423cab1e---jezubowepisuxusekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a155af4366c---disememukajakigafixobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df956a6b253---51823295548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp5bqetakt5j8j4hmhk0n2e71f/pawono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c65e5a009---tonubaxarili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ke96bskg6em4a50jrnqoo6nn6/punatuguwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/91352137395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e45e7e1e6---pakoneruten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5ff721773---62251443398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79029fa4541642c2ba4c3def62268b39/goluvurufib.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_off0000d169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD169 9672 bytes
SHA-256: 0b9217233dd8933d924e375f127b1d0f6a8002a4ec579d468c52ff908f307d21
font_01_sfnt_off0000e684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE684 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 812af2dc28b0bf3bfc220c9974ac3721b0e2cdf15246613b7b4a6e6a74718253
font_02_sfnt_off000112cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1