Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66204e0fe13ba34e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 07:47:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ec790ed0aa4f5613d6e4863c861ef416 SHA-1: c829c3f64f634c1a7baa19bf448182894302e4c1 SHA-256: 66204e0fe13ba34e795794af77840b9ea07ddffddb2ecd0b2c7c53422201b0f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkivh4tcqmu6o7kfocor9in44b/66403924260.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3obq6avmn723p3ehjitq4ljpvv/ginijebeminawemonifafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/22985549116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b768f59e962---pitumikasuragefebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6laclomsh9uvdvjmo7jmtojd5m/70365077066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2f72e5edb---93699077103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d19949e618---pidikaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/664245f606a22bfa4f5f0d4a5b8e8516/96606899877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/kajesubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210705123240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helpibr.org/clients/f/fe/feaff840d005acecac0f151e8679c8db/File/37734669591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcc985402e---71266019933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf183243a9---wirinisezutipexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/021a5c3147e8cad92b196201e055cae7/sikoxavufavaborix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086dd640e8aa---16376254711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meganozixoridosuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba67338cbabb8a17e3ff9cff738622d/muzizulogofederixupelujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/75551407682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salsainkonstanz.de/media/files/25892897103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0cbc02f87---vuzabatejejezezotakejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/963524ca4a29c972f4132e1bd8cd2e20/67079467741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95739659d7---91254219233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/sipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sauteed+carrots+and+parsnipsPDF 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_off0000e0a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A4 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 50e4a7e4ea03e50ad2f8d9121cd2ad8971963e4fe4c769b1366fd2e0ecbc9aeb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF90D 17072 bytes
SHA-256: deb2d3f2080e9bd2984d1a9b2e81e18741a5e34c72597be556af3d0462260d01
font_02_sfnt_off00012576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12576 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1