Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 669bc8926171b648…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 19:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3b69891bd623a301131c06a9b5cc1a25 SHA-1: 0f669fb5b2e3167d55e1c23216610c16d63f49c6 SHA-256: 669bc8926171b648f96c0cd0e261730465ee3699cf92dae1e7085841bf6dc030
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of multiple external URIs and the use of compromised CMS uploads suggest an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+image+to+text+conversion PDF link annotation
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607608390155b---51364529421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f858407a7---tegizinutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///pimujelajorozapulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770eee72db9---18535143485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/73099269165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3a7bbeaab---26382391051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743b4351d43---vuroterezovukipuribab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra8i8v0q0lp3cotrjo4nfsut20/21468862874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607432390afdb---zuxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e00b5d1ac---12957343642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/14573775816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794c942788d---vabiterumawogadenoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/32134529737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35c04bb9a9---63490114138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/51942813784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4494526b77---lakakagifijij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/mumifegokexazebasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1b6f477f0---89651737818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/61915419592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/toxakuzagelusunukerosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a3038eb30---26229107264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b389684c98746d75ddc65d2d27352bc/46980536690.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_off0000eefb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFB 16832 bytes
SHA-256: 2e2c37a390c498f4901777a3aa485829439ada7d7d6859ad42e90bb699617281
font_01_sfnt_off00011ac7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC7 10944 bytes
SHA-256: dcf9f57ba9cc76ab8dba3b59b51def0a7e87238e0368644f2b33f974b0a439cd
font_02_sfnt_off00013405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13405 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1