Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66251188ffc3a537…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:58:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 035bf23214d5a470d9a4d12acbf599de SHA-1: 64eee4e708ff419650828a25a6efb40e5fda6f31 SHA-256: 66251188ffc3a5370471b3a1e7e4ab8769261af7cbc838746fdc282ed215ce54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document designed to lure users to external, compromised resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88beb6a7cbb65015f4a27b64a0c4a4c4/fuxagugofavek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/nabakirabizadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/15437801447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44fa2e3151---28601370601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/99059288256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508143516360529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc9hjusufd6ep33te2cjuqm5j5/31813962872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufuvenewuriwanesafebib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c3454f497---69593607521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/49948868120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607875532529f---gebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/12730937273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/soripivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb9e7cf3ef---woxiteliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609337ee7ffba---93660393628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57abd9a3b4---wifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a549f3398d---84349518329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/64108416666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094128cbb114---40951260265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ac37d3c31---darefuxenutawukeleben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f7b228048---mapufoguvubeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd68110473---miwowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=physical+education+1+crossword+volleyball+answersPDF 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_off0000efa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA4 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 733766692af02fbc4622c9a06defc47b824663a8fe76beec568fa42f78787a25
font_01_sfnt_off00011c5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C5C 11024 bytes
SHA-256: aa9d5b39c0080d3205f7624728e1a965a38a2cd0a7a62cdf12d8efeed0c66e19
font_02_sfnt_off00013614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13614 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1