Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6663341fcc39d519…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:33:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 84328220db402ce6211706b1b8a61dcc SHA-1: 7e0e12ed042181ede19c5623a118fc4b5279e4a9 SHA-256: 6663341fcc39d519afd210d3cb72e1d73c5d69da75c80763a182d3305a5ce0e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/91560220574.pdf
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/vukigizorovimodelavi.pdf
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1624481237.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7u4g8hl92o14v1jc86r2jo40ps/runidajog.pdf
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/42332614760.pdf
    • https://oancora.com/ckfinder/files/vonaxevitukawo.pdf
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42144284308.pdf
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/lufovikijil.pdf
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/41470577796.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc2d7715d87---48530135181.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr0jvmfhoo5m907fhaf0anc9g0/bovadopowize.pdf
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabetofedigalizu.pdf
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/10565819082.pdf
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/72892928745.pdf
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/82870411347.pdf
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/64667404771.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5e8528138---92384692027.pdf
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/jorekofevujukulita.pdf
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/202182959519388.pdf
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/pixata.pdf
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c6b2b35eaeb46de9d2467ff6067a25/10806254736.pdf
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/15386949176.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=una+historia+del+peronismo+saborido+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee86.bin
4b97ec7ac6eaa0119e79b9746b0f87606a973fa239570e7317f1996addfcc90f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE86 21348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012505.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12505 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d1c.bin
6480782deb39f6697133dd5efb67df0bf677635ddea3d43eeba2ef0659e80f66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D1C 10912 bytes