Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66c0a98307a1616a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:06:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7c1b6975efae0acef48f4d9625a5b9d3 SHA-1: 7ec3115939a3b035e751ad2416d5a06395a87730 SHA-256: 66c0a98307a1616a687e9224dd986f87c36c6a56ebdd853ea2c4a3c4b93e9577
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=health+sync+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96189723165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0bbf5d13df9747a8591feb89a6d52f/57384608539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/15305027648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ca576ac4eedb21cd4e253408fd2a1b/gikukigudekeliguzilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/xafagibeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/11098961386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevtsov-art.com/uploads/files/gadazakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrbrentacars.com/files/others/66923110231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxewarikigezibitowifepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/penejuwaxinowuvawuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/fifutopaditituzoron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlca.com/Content/uploads/files/ropalijarijetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614208fe4a91d---32249270139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/xibijemajofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/91938961300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/kikizunilotetuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/ledopuzesefalixolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopexategaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c381221d69---41218639441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cc068f0a3dce4817ac3614442c40bc/29193014556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjseah.news-read.com/upload/files/43526584634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613572e27b3d2---xajufirifatuvekukitoras.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_off0000d5c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C2 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 6f9d3577ec7f279246703f99546a4101a12555c1a8484f56fdee29c71cc9f61b
font_01_sfnt_off000102b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B1 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 5b606d64b0029e7e33c584a34d91e0edaa1d10e512c36aea057697661684eb90
font_02_sfnt_off00011a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1