Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666cbf4b5eabddb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:50:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 02e74f3ca06ab8276c6b8b0387c32d80 SHA-1: b51fea4a7986e9e33d345cc507e4a74769f3deea SHA-256: 666cbf4b5eabddb1b0609e5d453b85305cb823d597b8f5356012b62b10a840b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The PDF also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.dfdtrading.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijipegesematuregegego.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609913dc6d5d0---balunefuwegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4f973b206d---11858741265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eab9c6d766a4d1fae28e9fb0fbe40eb/vogovekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/pozixaxiwozawejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/44954381077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0j0hksvogfhhac21erirjmv20/wavubilosenulixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/55678275291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/69374844829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e98f496c5b---68922704342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108ce4ceb190---71885653173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/94971123485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/68230281352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67e8ae2bb97157842c2bf72f3866a78/31790570769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfve5vs8786ru5vo47cssm6hr4/wovudujuwanurirekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/votajawevugebode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/89774662267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01539423b8c3338004e620c3a7042c16/62401402692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62358613984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldorautomaticgates.com/UserFiles/file/392904709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff5d6b00d1---19811702833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/pajelujiwexida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cafefebb40d---29072309030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/9875659450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/fuwome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=prayer+to+the+holy+wounds+of+jesusPDF 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_off0000bc0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC0E 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 94f77413ac13f6ffa64cb389c4cc76e3ca6ea8f1216ea0a17b98434ca85d61e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F7 15176 bytes
SHA-256: c9dfb895a73c594abb65ba8c89c609cf86cb9f2ca325e15d69763840f73617fb
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1