Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 668257c19fcf02c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-08-24 22:55:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c0248ab6458f634d606b4d66dc928c2f SHA-1: 3b93cf68bc07e0d5e0391609fa3701757fcc2587 SHA-256: 668257c19fcf02c12ba257110faa2d9117edf1fe1b2e5c2be7d8e96c970f727c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slither+io+private+server+with+bots PDF link annotation
    • http://physiotherapy-warwickshire.com/user_file/file/8636358247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116cf0b10a9b---fanizutoxutujosupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4822b691a9---30616732443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ab15bede1---robox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/xogaxexiwabokopezosigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/35953226974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729c42c55e7---71318047741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokofontaenen.de/idata/tuvexelunemutigaludowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/dexegosizewuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangnhataudio.vn/media/files/banugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5ipsbj3rtsoa0cnkk633ojmi1/33333048915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/rufogijafono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb50268d7e52568d6c6f75f6e65bb28e/jinunulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9778637f95---1584869091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/39976866647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n94b6t2jbarb42c1l2d3fe5b6/zerokazolozifuwudorerataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3b76cb04e---76988625412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/379cbae7c40a612a9fc9f3f5171595ed/91759159563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/10829991266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/49053261687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9q8arru6d9ddj2boou3n02ipe/82926220903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be27003b7b8---74186799669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607330e91c500---9243411087.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_off0000be1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE1B 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 2971032ba1a0d4278b50334ac9d3056d97bf050c59be3452518fcaec22a9889a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD651 15632 bytes
SHA-256: c3ecb901f71077c24aa86fd9cc783c8a49c049e22381de25953639be301fc967
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1