Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a66e3916b13efbdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 60b4573c80054f60629c9a314ab2a9e9 SHA-1: da42e88c5f18b2fa8673ed2e2515150b50373471 SHA-256: a66e3916b13efbdb03ff0871820d0f88b0cbe742658a0269715e2c65248d54bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1dfee0103---ripuliwonugogofewavabovo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16461kms3cbmbtmpdvpogoo7n9/44144537855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/57604224982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/38187402078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/89270898937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/10289910422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongphuc.vn/userfiles/file/98929573525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0e2b4833527adfc1b8327bfb9663345/galaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/53201989800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizesitugalifidixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82085233690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/wizukawudabedamupamofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88725810b4433382bb718f17d515f1cd/68812102003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac56c79b6f33cf4cbd9d5255dbed954/31104830505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/kakinivotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddbc9e89d47---75870852612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/14887071646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c8304f019---18816656848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8qkgm6eekn1np9b465qfconn0/sinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/sawegewigobukizusowedarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/79181963129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3576760ba8dbd4203b452c23508dd97a/86692766267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=2017+pqrs+measures+list+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_off0000fbd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD5 18132 bytes
SHA-256: cb296a28b5b8bf06943b32fb0575425fdb9f940a9a61fa918362f0d40c2f2507
font_01_sfnt_off00012b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3D 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 497372fbd2ef03121ea87386fbddb82ce16488226a83c16978c661fa975a13cb
font_02_sfnt_off00014479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14479 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1