Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e66515a44186d570…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-08-20 06:21:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1cc871b4c8608bb68394b2cccef55807 SHA-1: 053ca6d80d930cf61eabab8eef191df3a1592882 SHA-256: e66515a44186d570ef5116600efe67b37a33c58ae47309dfae88da9134708622
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure that redirects users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749fb2eb187---torejizelukidu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rklatex.com/userfiles/file/18101722577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shunnasato.com/linevivisefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart-ventures.ch/upload/Editor_Images/files/28754104630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6401996865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/5807188903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a9043d69a---8140440061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a4505e6f7---diguwobizotapadawizuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1be16d797ee01456fb658f3ed73d8ba/jajemope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winhazel.com/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76160663335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a015a4cbb23e803f5b5bbe0ef1390e13/38113036363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/65211240883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beg0ql9rt3ia9cfiri9p1ua7ke/19601062342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/26303745769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qdp3rm1n4b0ujqarrje91nj6t/728986754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/zagofizemigas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb885b531820f4aeb0bc53330fc7b0d/856056375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/68590958818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/81105067556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4a23f7a403---64265300345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/61413093708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mensuration+questions+and+answers+pdf+download+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000e623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE623 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE35 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 269e4f419d391a4beb24c0eeb3e4415bb6fe1d5836ab74c37efa9c4288e2e70e
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF3 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 4cf02d69c701bd180d327098f9ef9a44c9b7d6f43d816a0a9f1436b3326ce97b