Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666b1f0d71e82227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:38:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: eb7c60ac834caf2a6257d942dee6fdbf SHA-1: cc4a0a678dabea4b379336af75b33e1ebcfbc740 SHA-256: 666b1f0d71e82227d8975fc7a43db2596732e6c0dfeb3de95c5afb8fdedfb2c2
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 for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modals+exercises+for+class+7+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/lerejelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/4315079999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/34040774367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76318c4b72037b6cf263f76aba79f3eb/71365537695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/mopusujesisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/vimudemuwuvexaruxopilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/depavajuvevenanoxomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ordermorestuff.com/cmsCart/upload/file/61814524225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161322d85b9973---24582686258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86675107121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/19239990850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somkuthyoptika.hu/editor_up/tekibivalizotidorufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/81543746030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohadalegistrocbarter.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/69999510087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b52a249210db03ec34e4ce6a5983354/68176006528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truckersplantparts.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96675797283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad811ada54---22789290462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/98092844021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/xefavofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/77226258739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48300125637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/pofixemefisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/puvovupopare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/leridopazemipavusapifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaders-adv.net/userfiles/file/lunajutizimuzojosirotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/lonolafemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/bapoxabibenotovetajakaf.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_off0000e4d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D8 19456 bytes
SHA-256: 5dcff9c54407b1db9d066f48bd72e12b10bb403f1b93e1fc67400800b45cfb09
font_01_sfnt_off000115a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A9 10948 bytes
SHA-256: e925257bab18f850ad6823ccd90966f36d8b0cd116de8e71bdd1dabb69fab8f9
font_02_sfnt_off00012f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1