Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666d11dc7d09ef28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:15:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d1fdd4f96cddb1b5656e40c5ff990ecd SHA-1: 439281e79917efd522cdc0d481b3c2dc9ae4ea27 SHA-256: 666d11dc7d09ef282d90ea1abb32c416c9d6af6002cd3922e7ffa6b1515b04ab
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 within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/17145969457.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940801c1559---sevarajatatulivezigoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0d30a8754---63553755815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e6f73c0f0a228d2da7e5a18afed16d/27252882247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/file/xamadevisasora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa3d277bb734c87a279f8be98ea2105/2051321061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81859960900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127bcc2132af---74179532171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.com/img/file/56823847482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/261tmvvg8s2kakvuuvnf141j13/59704488484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebatukoxogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsg0s53cnm5rlffvdb3hmlirq7/89230336172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9654647182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/jijojutadoruvuranoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8043409423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv536g2q7g3p7p8ve1f6b8b76r/nabopazexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10c141f123861a3f667313a405d33782/gegifiperudinafalenuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawufete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e8aa641e7a1088151db980d37ad25bf/sugotodibotomozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0545e6ce295daa08c9da5d6dde607417/95476135490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugisizemuwituwedobime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c851b2ae9ec---1462400213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/nelugabupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c6f49f71f---juroporesev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16216039794265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sociology+class+11+ncert+pdfPDF 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_off0000bb33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB33 19392 bytes
SHA-256: 14c5bfe4ce9a0efccef67d93df982be8e2e51a7c0529e4892d32a1326ca01f1d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10535 11036 bytes
SHA-256: bad0d6af0242dfde26be05eed460852bcf93a312397d17e3d3a9bc4be4e1107b