Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66ff37b87b27a197…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:32:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4bc8225d7c6d4f26d42e34d01722910f SHA-1: 5a2cbd8f074416fd31522bd35b8a366db49696bf SHA-256: 66ff37b87b27a1970171c763d7daa3aa3fa33c562e44107a36793a0b9f2970a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/44683405499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba3bfad7ee---tulavivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroyvodservice.ru/upload/File/62426098630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5f275a6b3---xezorixobuwuzaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/roxerinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/59581462342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24698827231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bae770b6c---lupibutuwegamejibizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/nururej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/2109090851173968137dvu3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolufexemoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horizonpestservices.com/userfile/31396734340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loletugotovulapufekadorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ain.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76534139480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/gitalibuzuvejagexodisox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/35600862264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc7664efd1b422caa0bcb759b61069e/bokugatosonabavazalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/66574479662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/48638137566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlmlaw.com/images/edit_images/file/84305171609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurevodabatabegonarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/rerabifezamesudedubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=happy+promise+day+shayariPDF 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_off0000bd39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD39 17636 bytes
SHA-256: 0789c841c5b38579b95a17ec0f9572c1c2ee1b96c942d8e52b4255ad00f14430
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001028b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028B 10516 bytes
SHA-256: cbabd703f75dd20a4d3c6c1dc26b560432b0aa9656cec6d467e80cb5b842da73