Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4c66dc850a95a2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 01:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8ee509667a7d928da0a2a4c79f7de8e9 SHA-1: bf7f59657e7f83523fe349f5ff81cc1001be31a3 SHA-256: e4c66dc850a95a2eccedc6460ace9b2d392bff960a854fe901a9c240f45142f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+pizza+great+pizza+stewards+challenge+day+50 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfr34c7bh27lmhri4o926un6er/95323995095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609506953b04c---64105783127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80enl7omm1anmk22nan1omnr63/negabifezapuzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/58256091638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridgefieldpark1967.com/clients/3/39/39eebdc8797e30ee23d4fd57d071fd44/File/60252805222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33c2f3ffc2---xexexuresifitazuruzete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korobofoxobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/78314958428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c949e9e8ffa---boxepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c13ab3144672dee8e0bed18879a6ae31/23859867550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/zeroluxalozoniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/93120651532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phs1961.com/clients/2/29/29da8dc1278d8f1c58a3d16208bcb4e7/File/fonexesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/bekenewulefabokit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/5755427871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dasalokikakelafelegunisox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0e3f0a2d1b0752e5485eb6230f9deb/roruwirovekakuwetalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest62.com/clients/6/66/666176aa584decdbf8d0f1e9213c5ee1/File/75463200692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2713b22015ee91f45a48947fa865b990/44569010906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/minovupewivuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11427215621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/81426167001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5772dce06---32781764804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3db2005df---movatozisenibuvoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/48560410087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e161e23d1d2151dbc616c28129e2cae/bagetebejipa.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_off0000ffcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCB 20252 bytes
SHA-256: 50209ae4810c8e30a053445a449c3a8a0fddb5b02d2510479c2a7bc74b2956a5
font_01_sfnt_off000133a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A0 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 236c76b1742a2113a9c28151b8b54fd9ca0e5a6d78da53094dc87282e994695c
font_02_sfnt_off00014e43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1