Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66de0e98e6382d04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 04:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ddd74bfb21f452f76cf3d2a00e9692bc SHA-1: b6777a896d14c5f2a04aeb232072ff8cfcd50a51 SHA-256: 66de0e98e6382d047364419b85fcc4108fff575f0038a50e94a184e52c9d327b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on compromised upload directories is a common tactic for hosting malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920

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.
  • 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 http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e98d507453---82357440262.pdf
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/vojezakub.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/lisimabikonudesowadi.pdf
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/63806849453.pdf
    • http://waukeganeast1980.com/clients/877304/File/62530270435.pdf
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10c222c107---33581648743.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a868562109c---nixuf.pdf
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/32722378626.pdf
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/xudugokose.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/44473730434.pdf
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigowedojokebidogisazasaz.pdf
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/xurukusinorin.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a038c91b68c---13900666738.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b79913103---95990822061.pdf
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838d19edb6bf0e9b05501ad9a780ac18/13702306307.pdf
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/bijaw.pdf
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/buzuf.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d1f8d9e1101e6702996b4a22de4096/2292663220.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b286c82b3---povavavigeva.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/85603929571.pdf
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/zusidopava.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eff11c9eea99cdb2bdb998b5df1c825a/borisatotitebokizomepu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+braces+in+a+sentence
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fdb3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB3 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115c5.bin
8c173e4075563fd4cb54468111f414a20a27391d04b213787002d4fbdec8f63c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C5 17092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141c0.bin
25ac5a83b866d826c756e6a44c80b9796853cd183101a8708d9a01c317d198e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141C0 6468 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000158f9.bin
76c3f8802a29613da86f5365b9583da27f10da4cae636e8db2ce0ce82305b84d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158F9 10868 bytes