Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66b05a57f323a5ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2a937b1a59a3c820c99dafad07f0085b SHA-1: 24f5586aa1461d4077f9e568e9fd53ebaec58a4f SHA-256: 66b05a57f323a5ba86bdb58132266c7c6f3cac92f60523fda06deef1da8b2cdf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of `utm_term` parameters in some URLs indicates an attempt to track user engagement with these lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+real+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb91946dcf---36183093346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4e97c214a---bilegatoduwudomijugitavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/sijerosilulozijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509sq32k1u6rdjhfmops48lhi4/gesuwiwawokuropatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/15767174661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vu6dvr6mstvh4k158oe0n2ucgg/saxisegukigewisuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6797ae75b3---zobameraruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dfc6c9b2c---dawalure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitman1964grads.com/clients/6/6c/6c9ae932573016e5ff31759a10dce4b4/File/35609358614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m4klynchburg.org/clients/3/34/34420611de4c9c7593cf5e5fe12de6df/File/30454927764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/ruzaterapusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775db48860c---39908433410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/74704463291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607995c209493---84446692342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/17652379056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/33412029813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c883961d6e---jeveniwutomodibarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775fc775057---naronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/85863892509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb930991b6e---xafebidapepaxiwemazeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/69328240214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfl72t4t9n9cuunnvvpsjcibsu/45947288471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ae37302c3---49784555124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a566e668706---xokuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd67962a4a---46257042809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a84a1240a---bojajezidozoluvepufa.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_off0000fbd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD5 16924 bytes
SHA-256: aca776175c3e720f74e6f745a7c840644a4346b2a79da02896e4e24d327b4d3f
font_01_sfnt_off000127ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EE 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 7ac45cf345c83cd15d96eeee7463481fe21c6446248b3be16da9428bc3d62426
font_02_sfnt_off0001405c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1405C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1