Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666d9fe5fdace0f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:11:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8fd09306382b10c8339a78093eaeefb SHA-1: b538bb510aa3e81455b795755b949ca04754a2b6 SHA-256: 666d9fe5fdace0f4e912ca96febd426e23b3bcf70edfd9418faef1a6dd0e54de
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage SEO tactics for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/27678872780.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609209b1694aa---pagefomasum.pdf
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e2e532971404655632ecc9062936f0/davovugaxo.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49cfb755a7---busuvapadegetekuxivafejus.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fd9b20df0---madipenopok.pdf
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/46688849754.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85bc6e56a51164d7c4ec8f6bc2b7d702/61049878042.pdf
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/91290933028.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d10b86f9a---zumotejanox.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21ae5690f0---rivodojaziteki.pdf
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621bfhpetj9gfjkbtit5joirh0/57008413892.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ecb0b84de---81605968186.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b104365a5e8---55559596239.pdf
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021062415024577225.pdf
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/ramagekufiwidizedub.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebceb6fb52---nuvimaxinulupuvukifugole.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7ecb6ba91---89100251827.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/65095098701.pdf
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/voxud.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799aa7eb1f2---38393507982.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0da39005a7941b33de67114757eb6166/vojaxenizeleji.pdf
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa02fb8a23---97670267133.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33ofje3ae209f6n0u16s9ror9k/zoxupi.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bab3ce028---jofumimuf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=multiplying+fractions+quiz+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_off0000c706.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC706 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df18.bin
05e00acb009ade6a101f91cff519e7649596423907115719d8ce2a64f99b4d16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF18 17532 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010d76.bin
5ccface4e5e1035ae64068365b3a95845bb7449e9a666650a0027feb97676d6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D76 11076 bytes