Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c66fd1af5ddd40a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-25 08:22:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d455b71b65a34519bfacc3b2e1282170 SHA-1: a90f9ac4d5cf1dcd71d5f05eee779a7ef4c37f5f SHA-256: c66fd1af5ddd40a3966c26ac07fade66b09d7b39d6e4fca03447936b82343b22
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or initiate further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://rfinshaat.az/userfiles/file/58620490429.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29771275980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratodua.com/contents/files/21750414522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c9443b197---rimopisemunitajewulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b8fc7cff04---10113448865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marchmont.ru/imgs/file/18919821839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a0ed1abf2---voxuzafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikol-styl.cz/userfiles/file/tuxofumamuvizodixopowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/jevezajivimuloneguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/zuviwokepumolowevunotepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/99263108724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/62913121597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/93968322237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/62866995585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ef99cd4d116c81040cfeb61593ecd6/51877586869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futureinfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55364991629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10833906500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontis.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/patatuwilijujelezufufoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0fd88ffd221d389946fbed1d1b4494c/5410317605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/lolefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/getulofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/kobadixifunuxonexugeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97908275007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/vilasugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bully+mobile+modPDF 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_off0000b20c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB20C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA23 10184 bytes
SHA-256: 1682a7b23cbe9b7a59896376e2420471e8625866bc73a0dae7834c37048883fa
font_02_sfnt_off0000e0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EA 14292 bytes
SHA-256: bcd6618d15940a37c414e9ab58a35ddd10c1c7f46ac995f498638af27024ba41