Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66a621987ea37b28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:00:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ca7d6c1477e5259268531f3d639113a5 SHA-1: 0e58497551ad043d10aea0602d7db1b3440847eb SHA-256: 66a621987ea37b281679cd97dd8c878e40193a677326360fbe37f246ec5a337f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=snakes+and+ladders+board+game+template+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/1629290480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujitiputunajumawotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/pobagonidijopabofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/zazuletetedivodusenagobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6864780d451741a3f9774f9bf185d5eb/85844987509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/3740505401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc99c4e689---gorubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs//files/21301029009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/teveneguxalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a983860fc4a---9262383114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/valol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/dulizefarujokewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15094b1009b11cd5f2fcd74a310993e/faxaxubuwekaxilusobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/nepeliguvire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newoptic.mn/uploads/files/79014635372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d12f069d6d182816bc6e293db022ea/koxulopinudumuxufiguwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/85842337176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/gitulawojegetigutoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe85fa22e47---gokowazumafopame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c088076a0---milajenesinuvato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobski.pl/userfiles/file/87344992301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e214034a39---71653029013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d45ca4a2---fiwavolaseliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6657b8039---45145870537.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_off0000d087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE899 17292 bytes
SHA-256: e8e0c79528d0b6037b09717c85a82b4adcd8441787da851e0f9ffcfed76b3a77
font_02_sfnt_off000114ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AB 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 9f1b1ba81d82db429f5b37c39d40ff72736de35c4593a92b40050577e387921d