Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66c1359cffdccb90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:58:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 102920bb82b87b7593ea862174bceaa5 SHA-1: 118f84c6fb8947a0bdd3f3636cf9b2c1a3e103e4 SHA-256: 66c1359cffdccb909494d1175a60c9c7cde32ce880bed5e5e0605ca910e96df8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=offshore+pipeline+design+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e43be15dc25a4fc498b8d271120cf4c7/88611679972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be5ddad2c7---dazonetujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a8464c8b6---25059510918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c78e68b0780---24102751216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22f057784e---96786078587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victoriousintl.com/new/resource/files/jinewasagidonopajexuvoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soskuwait.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/togunova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43aid18ulo18lsablsk6asuoq4/23164197793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e903236e1---xeduder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pejufalolupixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/wirukewogagixironeruloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cc9142f70---bapijepisawudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5f5fcac98---58710751091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/zowematifivazosipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-19/20210519204534218808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/sexibogokusiwibowejedepag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfcb4c2199---pubikaselodabebimisidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/47537170319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsbtitan.com/images/file/tigirimiduvolaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/semiluxovupivalitotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/rixifidajifezuvoton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c689a2a45cb---1553557522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f134f561a06---tobofipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74015852328.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_off0000eae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE2 17276 bytes
SHA-256: ce755fc7ca50a7a943cddcec80da75d85497087439bf72e28a418364175e505c
font_01_sfnt_off00011786.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11786 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 8214c9744d43263bc10d71d416fdc918b822d79c27f4808a6467877e072b8ef9
font_02_sfnt_off00012f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1