Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1660996c5fdcacb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:12:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 890c9cf587c9d5b10745affcc4f8bd49 SHA-1: ecd6893885668a452367ab9ab9e7660c5796ff04 SHA-256: 1660996c5fdcacb2668b65f4a1b9b16976212fad975734bce1231f2a294976a5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=steel+roof+truss+design+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/67566997338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd542f17ed---64282538012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb8e42fc17---69030221315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92968623281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/jasuxelop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36777258589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090883fabea5---mijevewixirividareradem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97011995934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubon.top/uploads/files/9295870696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/vuwalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/vovubija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d46cfa28ed3---32428255876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/24379146937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/pelijifisobidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf23aa4466---55513483228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73499171925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/vejomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/gokefexejesawaxoladeteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0286869143.com/editor_images/files/87676108271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/80626669050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/tifunoduvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/nelutapikazijobutorakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fagifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/91022300931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa59486b15---xixetobojejuvajipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/jilanaleter.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_off0000d5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D7 19160 bytes
SHA-256: 789f58664a1af4dbc359bb26c51c21be0aaed22412ee23680826aa6f1f9dd02c
font_01_sfnt_off00010778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10778 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef8eec235edb1f433d4f59ea3e8a43888ec20c7cfed98b84171170cf6afa9d6
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1