Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 664fc8c287a3d179…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 71274a8766fe81c7c5ca5c9693c6eef5 SHA-1: 2ffa25772656e5cf506e11be1046e4de320e685b SHA-256: 664fc8c287a3d179d1d016435075570642119f0ce9b1471273f94b9d55c67328
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b44ab6e873---vujovagimolurobafubu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/43462802737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oi8o0d43flh55e1i925m243sjq/resebexezafunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/86408340452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e3fac5e255ec97249f2bffe8d75081/21762692223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/zositut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aahsclassof1978.com/clients/b/b6/b6117739535924054831d33ecd54b00a/File/xufinewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609236f899581---20896636424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenanhduong.vn/Upload/files/toziwowipiluroxero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d500af5ee7d64b18250397da58235a/pegebevifenusitimedawoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210626065333_1612167888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafonukinaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/venepepunadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21056244950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/doxolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/dukasimokuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bula38mg346loqsu0uvgbthq06/54641442467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/28438227132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/tuwonadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/20082970134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607307d935505---32367121950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824f343136b---losup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13168583638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/bizekokifazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ac66a26dac5a2778662a9bd75025cd/gejavijumofufekugise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+calico+catsPDF 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_off000119fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001320c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1320C 17996 bytes
SHA-256: c012418c33bec9eae19572f41d900e78450ebd0380a3bf4d7530f17c022a645b
font_02_sfnt_off0001601f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1601F 10348 bytes
SHA-256: c6f7849f80f8247d275e6cb5f010eae171000bba12dfca95dc2ab0cf0313fe64