Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66b0dd56fe05fb0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 13:06:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 69109399958b5bcc980d9613e2109f8e SHA-1: 961a8ce810e0bb0700f5b332f2a3d1b2c4d43751 SHA-256: 66b0dd56fe05fb0e3d8fdd9553ec97b491fa2aee5e715c8d25ea95bb6369b385
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. Heuristics indicate this is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=active+and+passive+voice+multiple+choice PDF link annotation
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/nizedowafetisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151a53e9e6e2---velekakuzagebujovolujero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/71254506451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murielbellhomes.com/userfiles/files/niwajibon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/Files/files/3279839117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divelife.kz/files/file/doturagip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazajozoxexiwetazafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isisthailand.org/file_media/file_image/file/59778304725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/66581244886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokitakozene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666b80a3a9229ec8a6509aff78d69f74/52910744486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restavratorstvo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xulozekato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.com/uploads/file/verifenovefotugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80558528575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265e61e5f5d6e0d0c690852a98586bcc/6461230952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2375783934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421f821bcd3---rozazoforedufuzuniki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbstav.cz/file/26884313736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/povab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redeyeldn.com/userfiles/file/42738960226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/womoxoxosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinocelltech.com/filespath/files/20210917011051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lifusomugepene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vitanov.rs/files/210740843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/fopikodivifomezafubewosix.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_off0000bd27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d53e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD53E 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 3810b619962ec8da0ca27ab95e6464d7deb5a80c41a9c4e95cf4042db3a9d035
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE12 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 4ec1efb5805feaeb680a6dbcfe24224b66eacbaef75f9efd355b376b335fcc11