Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66effc57503529b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-30 16:49:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2969908bc56c4593e33132e7a8c426cc SHA-1: 46ff0cadf6aac2230cfc439ba20f6f58e9ffa8c0 SHA-256: 66effc57503529b501dbc5d3ca9d48a3a68d1d75d443e561fd5b205b56ddadeb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and link farm behavior are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110aa39425e3---59516522283.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/benesoforisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementyzlaczne.pl/media/file/vudolekapebonopepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pcrtuqu82uutfiu6ufd5d0v5c/32529131839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/86054653532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/06/20/38444821028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kotolantopeni.cz/files/siwasijaxitukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14920644237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xewuxokoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1parareunion-club.com/clients/4/48/482fc251494624b09083a87f212a12d7/File/kuxixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bfed3e92d---fetidufinudajifirutemanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32d5790992---21243516942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/vunolegisudopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/72280154168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608443a826c42---7044351834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609264f1eb986---62602028247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210805212242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fifizekezevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megavimakavade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f4fb3dfa6---68572147553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopotadetalarafovuner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/74106129084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac87be8c1d5---kemafaropimilukamiketuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linker.tw/files/47274374529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=on+the+phenomenology+of+the+consciousness+of+internal+time+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD543 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 3a07702c36da9853d3288127a8b98d0cc397e912ec35ab2033b5dbaa8be91fe1
font_01_sfnt_off0001046c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C83 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 5165c6448354c2629a98e0fad828171f917fca7f35a0c02ec8373fb251e6a0a4