Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 668ebebd816f8416…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-06-11 08:23:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 333dee0a87b7c419374c20362e654d19 SHA-1: b44f532483b88e998a9b575d592b2200a0465466 SHA-256: 668ebebd816f84165aeead3138ab50e093495fcb3a3bcbdd93f2725ffbc139fa
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains multiple links to external resources, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a download lure. The document also includes instructions to disable security software, a common tactic to facilitate payload execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=mad+max+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd23d707223---muvumodulaxopubibuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiv6c5d6b9s7lmufg9l5f79t71/tulubuxogamazojuzabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a6090082a---58697642782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb9f9433f0---vetifibaxagubefiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a3ee9c74f---13136835037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6mlh8m9tl1p1276742vfceg7b4/fafosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54a0e1f2cc6acb179f7c56c7894a89f/zeginusenowewesasiradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/notunubobuvoxetatasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9556a8300---99991350452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad1493d25797a7c44f207dc7e56e7f79/99517212028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/80031522370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7305c6c10---13525206481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7df0d0d65---pagabesovanobuxosata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/jagulijufagozudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/20504623027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3df6e6a01---lojutoxeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbabdfc0b83def142b6a7f2e11f993b3/90116000251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00015881.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15881 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 38662989c567fd26521337ebdb2c2b8ab191a972de15c1c0530bccbe30324fae
font_00_sfnt_off00011f82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F82 5040 bytes
SHA-256: 6afdf2e31bbaa2e4bc7e5725570ad9b2952ff107240827b2a625955e74bbfb65
font_01_sfnt_off000130b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B2 11688 bytes
SHA-256: c88b9b5af755adb4b664914e988da33e6e6494e19080c2a9a6825e8c12b196cf