Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0366675055e6d37a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:01:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1d506b05158fa5b738fb6b76bd2c668d SHA-1: dfd1032d10ed6a470016c91c30ba274771a6f046 SHA-256: 0366675055e6d37a69cdab08f6500cb5cf0ae323545b30330b9718f74d15cf5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2paqrtu27mtslq0hlbm5t6cf73/tivaxolumewimujozuvudaruw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intrinhgia.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/rijovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79491442772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef04868071fdd294efd1a7de95d4a99/24764543041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fdf05f358---xatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planbmedia.hu/files/72313318767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92e1fd18a9---14043014580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/808d4b7ed5903020c617895b35070e16/14184464190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/nuwitiminekobefojigisuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3af1d68bb---sixefogediwusimosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7eae63e05---27711565711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f660b0b228---99116772027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3542b31c78449e3c7a0a5fa31bb02ff/64648245066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/tumuvarukuzidujunixope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2425e3b62---putevipamazeravilojimazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71805da63c---25709006647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/wupazowezizogutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmja9tr2c810b358ns5tqnnfo7/70604388472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd3ad0bdecf0fa882da1d66203094c2d/21415447812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8593679f5c24bf33c50b91d75fa02ed8/joxujawevipuvesezuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e06ce4b2275---2726587435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feda730f26090aa4c3ab53db7786ad20/fudipasikosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=adult+tap+classes+near+mePDF 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_off0000e966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE966 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 128ff964b4ef4d21971070a6b901fe106fc2302735e8dc08b9b1118eacf2357f
font_01_sfnt_off00011900.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11900 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 17e870c8b4a87f25e659f3040e6ac8c8238f1882fc16d94060facba4c17a4623
font_02_sfnt_off00013118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13118 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1