Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c66ab8a46634395…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:31:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 22ee8f166743d47bd15725b92ea84716 SHA-1: c7a2ae1df74fb7bf8014482966b796c90238c7ef SHA-256: 0c66ab8a466343957d888d62a5a3581eeb1b7dd1800ca851c6300fa39e3338bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest an intent to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9872

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/50065998386.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/37427904724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/23306460536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c192edd3fc711c3b08b0050e6cf6c137/pigomelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda1b4b1c62c0772b2144a60b118d208/jedebijefevofasaborezovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee766f279e---43023606280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e54b38134---38055535516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5imk0d1diurvuujssp1m7qrn6/74515515169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe524d46ca75c99cd3664c7b501f978/91515753231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/jawuluruviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fd571520d---41692743407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550daaf5c23e426be6e839cdced7ddf9/64698020750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23f4bda261---47916503248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc303a2682---woberora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac191b436e---vafatanixufitemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608554a128ac5---86005987566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ej6j51bsmejbt52e0pjqam7bn/79224319647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee744be796a4ae33529162a02ac7a689/98235257979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1af6b15e2d---89750486933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436dca3877fdd44e5525168d2a6ccb65/62560279032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents//files/vuvojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/92700020886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a032ac038a5---7297382456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+teleport+to+mansion+in+minecraftPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e170992028---77101535689.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010d26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D26 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_01_sfnt_off0001226b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A82 10716 bytes
SHA-256: cf0b8e2a230bdbe6c8a430c28ca4e13347b9aaefec21f86d803d16b7c21228f5
font_03_sfnt_off0001531f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1531F 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 8efd04fbfd58fd1008b7910bacc4abcf51a8a0bfc07274ae75e409558db00c29