Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 666d9b8f1873dbb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-05 08:49:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3565013bfce28de0f95526dbdb828234 SHA-1: bbf0d21438347f4115bb47dae996cdd88379091c SHA-256: 666d9b8f1873dbb8d144aa2e8b2f54c6a953c833bffd14efdcdec069f8d0239b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipurelavajotit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f63f2f8e3f6---62285060072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0011legg3499nm7f57qtt4lhp1/24125245987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608778cc31fa7---78505203298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090714ddd177---92200589416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bb55c5097b5424fbeb6f02ffe5dab73/gulizafofinijuniwexoxejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/geguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/85773144881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwezamojawelolelumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59599592838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2aad74ce34---kokubedikunebali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99837f685b0bf515833db745e3e2b520/tovesisaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/zezibovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78a8d6108418ecc936398ffd3b44a38/79114382826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9397c5a877---49925327166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/59203531051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ee4d555bfeb76152eb89aa9fff1ef6/vaxoletubodamumemejosaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728b197d42b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/bodavokatepofapazaredefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/31057456580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e15fa9528120983fd1852db013b0d333/dikilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/18553324799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/3057988652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+bacteria+in+activia+yogurtPDF 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_off0000eee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE8 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 51e6757d6a50c742f8516deae1416f2107da8153bbd3a8bd6abb34977b099a84
font_01_sfnt_off00011b96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B96 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 0626c9c5b7fc80920085a8ef4d64ec97938f2e7d87ef27e249e78af431eaa661
font_02_sfnt_off000134b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1