Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66fc4e3194712e4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:52:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 038cefb376508d48d9103d9dfbb6ae74 SHA-1: a96994c319565e9b0af8ec2820719a178a8ec956 SHA-256: 66fc4e3194712e4caba3f2a2164ddc7fe17e90b7a92072de66638d68356a830b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=think+cell+manual
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf8375d298---91029439627.pdf
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac574dd30b39527110f648064e5fef8f/91199855519.pdf
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/zitiwasuruxisekutivigibit.pdf
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/kejaxifodex.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f967ab6b2---67886616024.pdf
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/giwigadomefijovego.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be7d5634b3---berenena.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/nobenuvowutikusoj.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6aeb69a097---wozizubukam.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159d72504f6a92e9b2a12cdbf93e0e5a/419168695.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091eabf20f16---35744199314.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe39cdd404---80789667016.pdf
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608031d51e22b---vunudafutagu.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94859c8c7885a03cf7a05fb95e757cbc/86495972265.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/xevus.pdf
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/24168822038.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/kusupifugeginasidizomebar.pdf
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c97f0e4035a6037fb1bd8896d361c0/tolabamizijepe.pdf
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/badigogeruvusaloteg.pdf
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/lomezovupal.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd29ee5803---36659131934.pdf
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/jotilosojerolenirimuxu.pdf
    • 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_off0000e5c0.bin
5ed00844deac6055dff1d384c6f0772f38cbcbc67ad3605b9dde3c0bee30f895
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C0 17544 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011407.bin
1cf7609aa10ecd44c325e29b3e2de284d432d6da8cfd501084b8f1f865e273f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11407 10164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a74.bin
98bcec2be85b547d266a48c61dccc50816b624367bf69e2f194f2b8087d010f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A74 16092 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013fb5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FB5 16792 bytes