Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c66cc663df14e77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:59:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b4b939a3b3cbd446cb2b1868ab65733a SHA-1: ec35f10ac4f3d42a5e7097c72cee110dc2cbce76 SHA-256: 1c66cc663df14e77f894bf1c9f253d5f7ec5c693db7edc2b66adc7515d0e9168
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84dertvdntcq2vtas9cbif6i05/nutidabalewi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc212af902405fa250fe46733d50568/rotezuvejidubunenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/62468790384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/bojezatumumuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/pekimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/59409756726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab92118a9fe---nesadegapiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094bd0f79ff8---77436088814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac052f0895c---43483696957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7b3889f0e8d8df5f46525e8ddc51d1d/9397533137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/nigoxizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/vedowegobadesazekunaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c0527b591---43972027686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/95602583890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd93d3a768---rojomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/67777618530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf84df81e27ba5c2514b0661f6c6d87/35782372376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/832c0c0d2404c5108e266a4594eba1f3/dujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuwebsites.com/media/ftp/file/budod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/kotivexoxazatefilapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607252f9b8e0a---34728457392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/26251802293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/70893122239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=famous+modern+explorersPDF 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_off0000f700.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF700 10540 bytes
SHA-256: f100c8ad3f245f59a5097dc04b2349abde06eeb58e245efed8ba1a8265c73d48
font_01_sfnt_off00010efb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001270d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270D 17428 bytes
SHA-256: aa6129a63be501578c3b43647ea698922e840d82d2267e994c6f139778ad060d