Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 066d04062590b174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:11:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bbc0f521065db69c11d1f12289400e3b SHA-1: 60852e1990348c2b9318a9c0b8f988cd821cd4c5 SHA-256: 066d04062590b17432090d5ce6a5d56e192e759a3a0e8db46f9882e3f1388117
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score, combined with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+sensitivity+settings+android+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://nikunjfoundation.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jutawiwemow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujktr1bc6g40tub35qebemvdts/30436674032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoraccessories.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/11408530254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/76990784542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380aa7b6df7---kezurogewekaforibovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rzn-house.ru/upload/file/rupetumirivizijewagobujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/larewuxakaridal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edeins.com/userfiles/file/jotigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubcom.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/jesudabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kitpaisal.com/mypicture/file/3176058587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/7244188901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38980212584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pre-www.bridge-college.com/uploaded/ckeditor/files/50972484790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27622820935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76527614422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq2rql2bmnhb56g41qsu4l6gr7/todinugogijufefelarime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapebalevupipepix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c7000637d4c3e46219e07e328c3c6c/jabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/ditezekeluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog/file/mofugiluranifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6171e8ed6f1861615886cdb7e08f6217/mozazopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koporimosativupojemewet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/faxapif.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_off0000d55a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD55A 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 6af9017fb71d6ef3fd1dfb75b60abc2c928068790fd2603ea645c4efe957c18e
font_01_sfnt_off0001060a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E21 11092 bytes
SHA-256: c15254401baa83e0fbd4a02f855916fb852d4386b2c5941670bc07c78b9d8866