Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666083d44e47a7dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:59:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 03f2ea1fda595b927876807e8a63289f SHA-1: 26aaddd3fd5d94ccff97d549eac1bac5b08c2221 SHA-256: 666083d44e47a7dd45b844980df561cfafbaee76793079e9f1c45308654e1512
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or content-hosting lure. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b158688169c---46650077375.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b22115ac1e5bee77e98d09aa736b856/weratasonibomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0iu236ktjeo1fgi6v2qrnmhsf/juwosisuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallassymphonyleague.com/clients/1/14/14bb4a025281f1a32078cb68571f7cf3/File/fosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a62cd66d018fcdadbf78bb5408f32a/visufekeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe9b09dabb---32098448176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/dojapalasuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840332395cd---32362914134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/posuwogilapawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petersonspann.com/clients/3/32/32c4b2f41fa698b5b938e848169c8dcb/File/16269789673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c1811e92f3e51cb9eff9fd52ecd8e6/36086481483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rlas8eg0bnq3cu99mgs4ca6av/xobadeneruvugevobekilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b275a5422d2e1299e2efdaa6252bc6a8/wasesixojegemovefamusoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/tumifosasijomubatube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f218e85444---zesapafafafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b91878af5---povuxijemaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/1735719657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67329946fbe441431734d9dcb6ecaec1/43732579625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/38867786495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092cb983a750---64728518098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78995429120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6240f3b3ef07469a89a9499be526a6/walepivaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a05658fc302cf1584d7ec2b31da8dd7/31431611242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5be7c4abf4---67465065857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bff8930a9326db4b6593a298fe2645a0/nipijinizudafidudexipug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0po8bhkvjkoq9c6f0t0bki3bm2/76399283103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/zizapifelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=2+types+of+white+blood+cellsPDF 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_off0000fa52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA52 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 227328323f884b899390f78ad3519b3e235651ba4eadaaa74e24776b3ada2c15
font_01_sfnt_off000112f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B09 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 6d3401d6d8a7bdfacca83db58b45bb3b3fe583bfadd1e942e75b971a0c6c06e3