Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66babd674dea3173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:38:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4a9ceed086cce0a694de55e6d1c453c2 SHA-1: 01082b3eb24d642cac3fc07dc96c47d6d0c75cdf SHA-256: 66babd674dea317303a16f3989661c13aac86a49f896a7d90a67cfd9f36bead1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload directories further suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=carbs+in+cup+of+noodles PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0da4d7bc41---81500072969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/17584684846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121f8a218a19---37670667959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/rasizomeboxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611674568c5b3---witemijozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/15896747354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607161a9ecc8f---28378641030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06cf89ac301eb6b92f8cfc322fbe9bc8/firofupufala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff23f70b90---96154778831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/53307003396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/ligorepapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4ca5b836f79f939f3a4b0131f08174/8702715799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jvrti37vf3p2453ttjueqkdge/78506647264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/53510202378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/87256926637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tarinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06497ebf0d248c866e50d2ddc101f55/xegegidubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/pamovene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4smontreal.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/gevakuwuravajiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48682947021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e8f3de1b297cf8621e61c83246ae03e/68080184580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malikcolsys.com/userfiles/files/jazefipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91274956795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tolgyesvolgy.hu/userfiles/file/jazigigasadabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9814ae4439a56469a08a69846a3d7f5/zerikusefepupi.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_off0000bf48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF48 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 6bd0d00e019510e1db619f30a1ee2ec65a2243587b507473fece7eff3dcf393b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7FA 16008 bytes
SHA-256: d3b4a86f8031fed71d2632733588517214a420a3b85584e3be387a2e6aa47292
font_02_sfnt_off00010077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10077 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1