Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 669204251cb4de9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f4f815f14d923e61f342d11078537451 SHA-1: 1f275d748ab219b3ca6cf18bbec7d692b8b2ce0b SHA-256: 669204251cb4de9dae779e9922b0b8602c883163fcb1000350fea1166d339572
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading or accessing harmful content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81905609335.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/49618847937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/liresepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/31405779306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/tutogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24375685661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a76a491c25---wutidikofezafixafitok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe1d963a120---nowemisoguwikaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviseco.ro/userfiles/file/wigogadizazuvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f4a8e42e3b8a2f3a417920631707e8/36036375993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/magunitofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/kurefamuporezojijuxulofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukihkro3as6033kn6trise0jnl/16315534478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jss-moms.si/upload/File/poragunuzalovafomexagabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/nijotavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0a42apioeqsnnvh81irbag6k0/53133949081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d832567e199fcb58a3a8270e42c191/26717946701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04dn5ft80ob5i3s6hhvdbgte6j/saborikijonubopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bf4583e806---kotugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7dc981b1096064db0f99825fe0d9db7/tawimesitikilitikovosixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/58775493917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/rukubegejogalalonominix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn2kvmp07g9846p1sov8im9416/lemotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/nezosibifumafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=latest+pdf+reader+free+download+for+windows+7+32+bitPDF 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_off0000cb69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB69 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 975f1ef26e6108661933548c8847627da182ee72792ae381a330b9d4e7952d6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE513 18084 bytes
SHA-256: fd63e7d605975a8a153ed2398194b51aee5fd92b433bf9784ac376788afd6af5
font_02_sfnt_off000113eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1