Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6663dcca2ed682f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5fca5869adb85a3111a7583185204d9c SHA-1: 3289cdfb7a6f9a9f51fa58b73e02d480547dd7cf SHA-256: 6663dcca2ed682f8951e2a53603861794d004e517969ea2e003f18d9435a80ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/lusuxeludetetugaxix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046aa9bae5f8b954184389cfdba0cea6/xinopapeliwegidupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608091971b48b---52531843279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt7dkep9sr579mm3f5bf8jipf9/jemajumonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/98957592377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/fojezevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d41d2e7b0f---punivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/45986981350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9840b77c1d---90046556668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a5eb3058---98517542836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/bijevorase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/soguzoxajixirasekawuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a339f66d59---72588547155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608624e166e7c---68646100730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a152fa91cd---funefovugamilizozabenanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e3f72f032---85668165755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-7-5/20210705110255812374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/rotoxagafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a54688c48b21856c4029880eb2510085/purorenaratexewalaxopota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dfb1e0c43---11168990183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/xarogiwosuzizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/miduzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/fonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f13abb9e27b---zotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12281698543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=administraci%C3%B3n+2+editorial+patria+pdfPDF 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_off0000c627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC627 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE39 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9d573e58e3d0209f2a62330977c09f2d45a7d374e69b2fe10bb251c2f5dfb6
font_02_sfnt_off00010a22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A22 11020 bytes
SHA-256: ba2b5810ffe20df1c0638e63897d1be1e278726d2f897dfb9c57f0c8a2aed1b9