Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 668dbf47fc0d82ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:32:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7c9019068c980e54dc6a2afd18889dea SHA-1: 227c5d8595d3449f6afe21c1d964758284e2b2d7 SHA-256: 668dbf47fc0d82ad2e32447606cc38108b8ad390bf34a32d01cdc563e19733dc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious content. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users through these links, likely for phishing or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+art+of+seduction+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/10445865514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosaicopeoplecorporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wifefinotenusuxubujusirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovasudijefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/69302894654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/dalukixoduxogupizibifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139216fd5c55---jedanonejeturotixavekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexumivojimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/gudevuganep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///7239008073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/73437932293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/zawoxumemoxowimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/45638274062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents/files/91782537679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mirrorlink.com/public/files/files/fasufemivavorexunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/55078363614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capriololaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11392552724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24b8e8afe3be910756658f608b98870d/jezenun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ad48e0298a---55710034004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/46938350761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/94890911208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/53171538622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6bd044ae6---31693539145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/sezilogijodojoxadixeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910080814165197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eb1c1c2331---roselemiparedazozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/kafisorusedomex.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_off0000dde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE6 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 7987cc5414c4a55f7d7ac960d04286c49b1f120172811c3c69dcb0bc1cbfbd2a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF687 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E99 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 9835fd6a6ab031b33473d065c9e0bed90d00a594705591493e8876c35ebe07bf