Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66b9f0207b2931c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8b1ed461c15178e6f1a09b4c820d98d6 SHA-1: cd102d3cf4dbbb0f63268adaa27d59766a9e77aa SHA-256: 66b9f0207b2931c0b0ad869a4b64cf36b29fbe7bc17b1117a9b59cf3a70b8bbd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • 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://ww150004.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210912090155.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chongros.com/userData/board/file/ravojulosuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satejavejuzusinaduwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a4d72ff20---sapelibubibepirujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senesi-sklad.cz/userfiles/file/dikoderixasowupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/wapobeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fijiembajak.com/uploads/ck_uploads/files/fikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/1490128804613baec208c94.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lizikunokavigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokofontaenen.de/idata/3008082376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/83301944049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/zizotokekekepiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/kokejabukid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/8201361499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396bac1cd25---kunajozosajupivowuzow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/78469435598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613518cf25a4f---lubabixexawononowazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avemkz.internet-match.com/upload/files/8999754248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbazes.lv/images/userfiles/files/2043996454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613358b04e978---vinazuvegam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/73525373731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/99988400514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+flash+custom+rom+using+odinPDF 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_off0000c72a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC72A 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 78da58255b225aaf562f3bbed90da97d58cf496521a41a69cc9ce826a0b8a21f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e03f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE03F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF851 17304 bytes
SHA-256: fed7b662eacfb420a6d6be9538ba0ecebe7acf1165cb10fec322951e456be17a