Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66788b4a2688b6c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8858cfc9b3379dc4e0af313e411839b0 SHA-1: 27ed98ae86fd6957b080101bf64114225298b79c SHA-256: 66788b4a2688b6c044bf03680a3e58a1f1fa6283ea82d8240ad1c2ea97c661a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs. Several of these URLs point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://immobilieninvestors.org/userfiles/file/88450178731.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/paluxusakezojitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thai-apsproducts.com/file_media/file_image/file/94724717473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3ff7fdeeffcceb91a0d7d20adf083d/86944946973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowfashion.net/content/xuploadimages/file/28771711061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/duxafobususetopoxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/27840323229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e789719957---musozuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8or4pmuoq1gs4kjgjmo2sno741/redorobuvibekufozibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8kqudiv3bvd9oulc654192d59/banuwedurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/bulerikadufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdde0c34b1---68835773727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33832088976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8a339ddde---bobaxoligezuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7ff47575e---10056941000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/7276823459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/nalobebedegisizawuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/fumuwowenekezuvanozabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/74146172556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/tapamaruwaletoweweruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c35249dd30---23171505565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074249ab6368---tudogodex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12151108418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=edexcel+igcse+biology+student+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC093 16836 bytes
SHA-256: c636847067fc5c276a591d26e364f5b9914595a6eabeb97b67bd431cba0b225b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103CD 11412 bytes
SHA-256: bf112e5de9387a880497d14516dd565bb6caf609844cfd0fafc8d36f090f8201