Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66110d37438f2339…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:09:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b68d428e2544fe559e46f3acbc25ba5d SHA-1: 83e2f73846cd52ba87b844df9ffae0581c8f4737 SHA-256: 66110d37438f2339593cda25950346e57d0614030b049399cb1ffade8c58ff23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous embedded URLs suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebbcb6b81b---pituturupobexoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d5d4c6a54---xajidepodetitef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607405b341f95---27568084873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1sp1cum3v5tvdnack9kih17et/dibuvomejagigepufobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82365325771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/samuxabizovutula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33238f6299c6dcac62a9a23b0e6a2132/87436920264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f08607aaca---jobofinapepeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.520amis.com/upload/files/visetumalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.org/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/45033313791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/26987813826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jmi389m3ajsqfc1dgommgns4o/doxivowisiragotegoboxete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56iepd97jut43s6l0djmc1ml10/bifudubukokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719e449847a---15076343441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885514948fd---15626438395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9b3874c6ba07d8b43fd4ff71d46715/76171524555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/9728041129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/26246493763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/mipekuludukamador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/42613762859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61924712216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interface-referencement.com/userfiles/file/dukowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/305648f8978719476b9799a62b1f04df/76526968600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bedfa80beededebf7be43578476b06/wavemufimukererugemajunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5a4151133b---supesasudezipubipapotene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=balance+sheet+meaning+pdfPDF 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_off0000db5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5E 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 9cb7b07cf181e5fb553cff3513d942ccd0124eea9bc9abb4d059040187a2e13c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42C 16596 bytes
SHA-256: 380004036f550d110664e043af0743cf00522317e150973ebf9e0c0381be898d
font_02_sfnt_off00011f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1