Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66230a485e1ad5ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:14:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 190194ea5082cf6ef195c9e26f76c8f7 SHA-1: 576309e75fc1d52c45beaa14171a8960b6e98021 SHA-256: 66230a485e1ad5ee6f3f16723e0981c425c0120fc09bb985eb0159e4a807ba37
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the attack pattern of using link farms to obscure the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899166a1853---72581465377.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/vufoliwibalujusuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/74048158100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatoodesign.com/userfiles/files/77008165689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/44555209323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dennismaloney.ca/upload/editor/file/69645909351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolocatering.ca/clients/874514/File/nemato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/21400556674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/mujugolomakixevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didocrosby.com/imagenes/file/59783701708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmaclima.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/63494207455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/92038606505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendingchat.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/dasoparabijipagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e1090ea9a---tumugewanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hig-hegmann.de/userfiles/file/gomaretolabodowejine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9g7tjiemude1vo8uog1sf6vr5/65075002982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/ligididiwomadavorisufume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/70907401856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328e8680a0d---33272959176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/vanarepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e4d156628e---82567137423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ltpro5oenf8elqpprgkipcdka/fobotuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7cdetj5jp7g7gjdjco11shs60/33718495822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortvillairene.it/userfiles/files/jubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/efufidegiwixajoviwidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=trend+micro+officescan+uninstall+manuallyPDF 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_off0000e220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE220 18372 bytes
SHA-256: 5a17add8da21e34e0c8f69e517959068c6ba4c8a2849f7aed2cc6a193287778a
font_01_sfnt_off00011243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11243 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 573ee72f8742e35aa5d4d190c8ca8a7d0d05015cb049e2cb9e8702056cb4da8f
font_02_sfnt_off00012b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1