Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66628930742e9fbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: df87e531ea05f7f0c24552925a42b434 SHA-1: 2c64666f4048ea19c3e13057103591c1d6ae3752 SHA-256: 66628930742e9fbf0cfbd531f9f34d75f8116f6c3b5e9cf40468285438489c29
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to use compromised infrastructure for hosting malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b8687b4fd---bukaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbc3fae18e---20326833437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/sezozalerapokakufevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusazibekakojovanewadolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079143ee2bef---pibebonajoxirojibibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sqdaattaaikeh5h5ufo76ot35/mawonopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorlookup.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22460647222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78616988011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a727d0b8c1aea6932dc68aa37d2ba1fd/6625028464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/litabilegebijodifumoxedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/togadixilapiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/moxusivizigadulanilasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c46dfvi8rnpng7eibjn5adf24/81221291565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kokomo1986.com/clients/31029/File/65320836926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c327d1d7bf8---16159473666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8f21bf520---95938802820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otlcvpc998f9h28rcoeu4b4r07/94202074832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/81394403812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2257a0f9b12970231fd2f14491acaa71/76374805614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cfc87a221---koluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/44278208130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c4c3200505869cb637d56f07bd071ad/pexemabivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3654bb1b4e---5822220665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcons.vn/upload/files/29740214841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xasoxuguwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=4+hour+work+week+worksheets+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/nomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e5dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF3 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 3915152fac45ae366fb7bef8a16797b798947b7c4f531921fd38524f3294003c
font_02_sfnt_off000115ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EF 18396 bytes
SHA-256: ed6c073fd9b85053802b4a36efcec208d4a3c9d7c2d2f05aa8701181a791c3c5