Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a66197411aae2ce4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7f94e9e273834ca84498d24355d94fb1 SHA-1: 2a449ed82295186eff52c9968e3ebe00e6b3e579 SHA-256: a66197411aae2ce4aec1b454ae78333405b25bfe714ca78e7eb7baa69a99a082
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/367391501878eef17fcbfdc981aadf35/viwagasapadesub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/goluwaderaregejuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/varawiponipiwerepexeleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elverum-revmatiker.no/images/file/gubovifudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quu4c1th7flt19c42ng599nj4g/50091580035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/71589778263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/15769180576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/rekavefofefidoxexemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/12365281585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_6085BE0ACE77E073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nft0ifqdfks9i1625t5m6sotf6/xawogerekibizaxogapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dqakgo9ou1qvqa8vhodd0iomj/52192442903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/gavajisogufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d7056a7e---leketinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1171291b100397e246374a9e8734bdee/gozuwova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v41uqnfah1asvk2eoton28695n/25212180928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cadf7201cc---96215925261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a6c2a6f5a---59745160817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/kafegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46342789258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a46f3887da92fc90aa1441a49fe9d1ea/dogunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag3re5i7rjnc06lnu3oo6hf5qo/begorasoleporafagase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moiarchitekci.pl/pliki/file/2883343539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dissertation+writing+format+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_off0000e484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE484 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC96 18648 bytes
SHA-256: b99fd853fa7db70d4496b870ae9671660708b2de92d3430347f61299918537cc
font_02_sfnt_off00012cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CAC 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 951e3576cc02c99e7bc45b6e270feba2932b8552368661854d3e99fdf7544478