Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66ff25dd4e287029…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 08:42:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 35c795e238e4385e61d0dc7f9026c27d SHA-1: 757d16314c5f712fbd47c4da809a738edc39b522 SHA-256: 66ff25dd4e287029a8a2ff127181ef70cff5d013e9b60138693105a292714852
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability for client execution. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of multiple external URIs and the structure of the PDF point towards an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://kurpinar.com/img/userfiles/files/44964440743.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d60e9401002---79038033582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2538658977a71f6389cb70ac1f1f611/filagoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/pizokijaraxemodotidufigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/jiwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62785974493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072241485404---kafaxabemegilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89041306748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f485272b3---35536542583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b5cd264d4683c47bd0e4916a2818a4/xewonibeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/kosonevamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/perujujafikiwojexowamama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/38391126585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb85fc11c49---lawuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b64jbcudbq4lgkn3jle55shhl/balisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13158c506f21095a9a0ab2d8d5bb43ba/95811144537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpesl9b5dkmlr4e94bh4pkrb1p/22210113064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artin-intranet.com/ckupload/files/maregivegubobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6732f90bd9---guvadawazavupokegumezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southeastern61.com/clients/0/07/0748cf78e2268043913ae7c14e09e996/File/30323076020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a905836e4---puworogoxorigiraxipalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267e8e1f716e61d719762a958a677569/98186750469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cf1d607ca---laniwetibefawiraxajabig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5b2fa7193---46632416072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+volume+in+science+5th+gradePDF 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_off0000eb9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103AF 16212 bytes
SHA-256: 53ead0c90b8eaa3d809c6cdea8468b1b462feb6cf398cb1fa9647187ae52c91b
font_02_sfnt_off00012d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D9B 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 7fef1a03bc6267bb8d7cbd373944f7c81251c69dcb10971ea111772a33688259