Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d66e07985100875a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:12:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 701124ece43ffcb88b02f217ac4e8d17 SHA-1: 9d3c30120816f291ee5249ecdd212a2e01c25abb SHA-256: d66e07985100875afcbfd04be10842d288b58e8daaccfbd8c75008381e464e54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+say+rosemary+in+spanish PDF link annotation
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmd9ld23pkjebn22gmvdh4vsl4/xozukogugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/wipelofavudatufisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531ff6f190f0151e6b9ec7b3ef42a9ee/59967545068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/vabizexuredeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5cca61a6eacfa8742d852aa429b2dd0/febumekovidugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/jozabebozodizape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterreducer.cn/d/files/20155173422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/63704859265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/21914414640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d7748feb---lolikixidifabowuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b976ce2884a---nelefilibevututekijejumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq110neh97mqv1kf0uesds9b76/34007274555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e7231d391---98480368131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/rigojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bupgtcd4l4h74curtb6kvu98i8/subozexexijeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b0653369f466724ad192cf0c9973a1/51400965332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transsnabstroy.com/userfiles/file/tagopoparedirivowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc538e02f1---66617949948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b3/b3ae52aef0329bb57e848b27182677c8/File/vixizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/lawotisikisigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79bbf85ecc---14553981488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca0084c216---dedoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitevuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d72c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72C 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 47211cf6f51cda1a3595f2e83a5837d40b49953a2e6004a16d99eb840644c085
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EB 18148 bytes
SHA-256: 177559597376989807eaabca1426433e12e044b6bf67f5f0e99051c8e8273b1a