Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66147adb8b9617af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:00:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d97377a11fe4f463714cca33dd965999 SHA-1: 36d521731f93c37f6a2f5b1ced0560b96fbf2261 SHA-256: 66147adb8b9617afc8591acaf7f4321931f34c9d523dfb01ff989b866c34ac33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL distribution are consistent with a malicious link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/pivixulirelutazar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hzbaoyan.com/images/upload/File/giwonewavunapudafikelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a38ed310e---87620966299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e8d8b320b---3328200876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/rifajupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16730931211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kieryk.pl/img/userfiles/file/posufibepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/72545798211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315abe21c84---18377571704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/41633059011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalherbo.com/userfiles/file/mapeginumelebitusidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/senuvinerozeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingzhicc.com/userfiles/files/28473275232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/bewikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafupakowibebigibupaxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613017f784f15---9927860450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373861a3465---52478502530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/374406757e8ff29e9fd7b6f47c0c6575/10513922066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/63679097672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swaarm.de/app/webroot/upload/files/3970629675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cafb57e891---29807294271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/47429441965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/83104083754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+record+audio+and+screen+on+androidPDF 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_off0000e81f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010036.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10036 10492 bytes
SHA-256: fa30d1466994053593e263705905b4fbf2f678a282e073f4876b81fd7c739f39
font_02_sfnt_off00011833.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11833 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9611f0b01639a2519f63a82d2721c6f5775fef084b2bee63f9dfbde2b59d50