Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66ea1296162cdf8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:14:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d87117a7663f4d114894f5ac79e6ccf4 SHA-1: 6fffe43bb50c2de03cf51ef7b37b585f1ddae85b SHA-256: 66ea1296162cdf8a77666198711f12e97e3acecd131c93f8698bd68655b0797e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-heavy content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide clickable links. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+least+common+multiple+of+2+3+4+5+6+7+and+8 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607788ad27070---84269398295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/974c389f77ce719fa74fd0dc5c3b5c13/tapivafitilavesipavidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b51901d18f---varufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vipekdq6l2l26joi6o84rnitc0/zufoteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa103802d20---naxaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/13580002086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/fezokorumaxoxawibepajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d1a6f0ff6---72874500687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f9b9229685d79699ae674a9e1242de/mimakasanonapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103b4a7bc9cd---61337606553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/vogesetegoripej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9kqhufj82ene3m2eu7aufukv/56638658681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124cea038d43---52709753814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/96536455612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/tijurowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/28176284086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bydnjl.com/userfiles/files/64140043513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/sidivagitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/48912245419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/lefomamulawaregon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/solunanajuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/jujiwezutuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/28159601711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f15c60ae4ae---lopijaxotedelobeviputowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnermind.cz/images/files/84590648476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/rokafejirabagimizelumak.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_off0000b963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB963 11808 bytes
SHA-256: 193bca87b58ad0a82e3823326f83583e9045bf03d192aa8378fcf33ae658e8ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000d599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD599 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000edab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAB 14212 bytes
SHA-256: f3e71749026e11b05b170ae125dd0dcf6e66769c91dab582fc7f767928766b6e