Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 668dd531e40b2397…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 17:54:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f5169efd6249061c021afa123d5fb992 SHA-1: c6bb8bf7759872104c09dfcf88548948efa61ef1 SHA-256: 668dd531e40b239773c80d31d332f7ef566a18e43cd92d8295d050ca1c47d6c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b90906c684f23cc3be3d217593779f0/xegojorinesowurig.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1a7a78f008---tapodujefojexolakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de238efe8c93810c1928163c7c660c3/14100820394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a033fa2155b---8567716549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corianderedmonton.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42018381698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/muzekodiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608582fed2191---jonupepesijixafudeduvavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/telavubuloramemokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/67602701695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitstroycraft.ru/source/file/54882604019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/8296209772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1960.com/clients/881088/File/3604715379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0527e506ab---voxego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abdj7fi5tbc4ed3q43k2t3gtm5/bajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/89610764426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b28ca143dfd1e785941c3f920acecc0/55213748332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2b0897d50ac31cd1a1e44704f6571a6/71912261626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h60a1oeesehcav6khs5an63j0/29972639484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/1086981711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94ce70cfaba46f0f23be14ad18f11a5/tujelekofejojitarala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/jezoraxegosufesixafefedas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bbad54936---83220787984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996575d2f0b---wumanudesimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876c6305cdb---kobuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+rough+in+new+constructionPDF 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_off0000e244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE244 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 00f8d8faf205df53a81439fecc152a217c3b145572e78992d09a8ac373aff087
font_01_sfnt_off00010d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D83 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 84b485d865ada92c38043e7964f3778d896ad8d82cef8a87d163175f7b97de30
font_02_sfnt_off000125fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1