Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666622ff7fe676eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:36:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 13ae8b8d0644b538d1f85534735e5ec3 SHA-1: e76593eb938d4adaa2948bb58eb5f4075311c125 SHA-256: 666622ff7fe676eb0f15961e1ef889324ea34bc6cb990ec2cb54147b6e6134c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e4511958f---60653847.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flt41l0vhf3eaqbft33n20ore2/fajitorajetatikigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/5967200509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72770373638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxijojajomuwadima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.le-domaine-de-hauterive.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajomobonupokoguxabusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/gunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/73560775807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/nenimoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dannysacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamujisumujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/24460206492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tunujenopopirupatizotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f51a52a981---tovedonofokijagumoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa162c41d7594fe9d4a78a72d9f1d07/66337746224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa983c65712---lijawiwajodasarusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088630f70781---58833853133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laskod.hu/userfiles/file/31380415543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/80650798140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/90279041720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cit8hm05nitqcadqnn1gk7pc81/21342237310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7f0b59cc6---13487277427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906f052da96---89450310326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/88034180093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=heart+of+darkness+criticism+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_off0000f002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF002 17896 bytes
SHA-256: f35ec2a5a3a14e14d3c5f4e4ac408ad98e17ffd9ae45012af54cabf13d817fc1
font_01_sfnt_off00011eb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB9 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 335824c2630f9629c7da97810b968107d198d53909054501d6af2879f6262129
font_02_sfnt_off000137ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1