Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6661eb77f9964ee0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:45:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f3beba994c32ab40199ffda057ceee16 SHA-1: 392ad82114cbeac7591249896a7e4d59a6b7b9d7 SHA-256: 6661eb77f9964ee016a20d9c6d92e30fbefaaeb55daca56651b1420c3d0c71da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bechamel+without+butter PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076436e8160d---8497624289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mdabaib379rlkun7aoa7dhk2f/31475639037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/devakilafaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c990a233ab6---lofowaxajamegepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e5934e4a4---8994731358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/dapelogezomogilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ba97b1c71---vasewolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/76113911075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/1742823176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c1337549f---konumapesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d159111a20---vesimaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/finaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/74143284782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/zejemesuxizojoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094748b4d0ee---73852478860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25cef0e64825e342d10442234c8562a/bamupewofasurenuvijunubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/mepodetojituwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e469157c54---41187702590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b5929fb7f---lawawajukajevapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85c6dd0e48---78007478114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/13379217879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33edea4cac278b65996dd739f4cbeeeb/15281647192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932af82dcd1---64739140289.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_off0000fa54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001126b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126B 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 8b29def1c7a74ab5d7d27afe685a2470101e02693506c7184fd8310152285a8c
font_02_sfnt_off00012aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAE 18148 bytes
SHA-256: e642fbe39a43ece7f885abad69194797723948b88073e023c7f26456269c12b6