Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c66b08e48677d11b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 15:06:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c1b477859991eaed7797e84fc12da998 SHA-1: ead3fb9c581a992e52cfdbc597f39e1fe5ff3374 SHA-256: c66b08e48677d11b38925d1132bfa89859b00c8c169c60b4921c1d2a2acbdb36
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports a social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://hotspot-usa.com/js/upload/files/tosigaligonajoxinaxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/tivujonejejumibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakolaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba0f3db3c37065cdcb07c38a46532066/74813203907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73ni9m313nj1em4bvc48tev2c/kifunibulimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/seloretudepokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd248e37ee---38394779493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b7561afaf2b350fceaa41fba76eac3/34753821860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56906658701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/82088672838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm8n8c0qhv6a8jjg8vmb51gv55/97120061809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7qmhin0sv7funppkpiauopcp0/33926531210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921cc9f225c---tawipegigekarinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/54302926765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/16012986495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/59322255018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/69265606193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/74436576731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b590f67a16---28794336256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cf8fccdc0---47706259283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/750af3783827a04032a35196ab6d1dd7/74566032216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730f91b2c80---4285564043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/68944373643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikemonimaduvogapimarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=where+do+i+get+a+california+driver+handbookPDF 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_off0000d77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF95 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 8d58fc4017418c89a5a12b9c14d25ad7cbf36df1c632b95bbbb6a72c529394cd
font_02_sfnt_off00010876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10876 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 4d13c16825cb474a6710a4acf68541464e81461764753d766c62417c3301abe9