Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f66639431c8f9fc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:26:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 04bcaa7b44a896814dc8b2b387cde9c0 SHA-1: cba9a3676f954f80249b8aaf68cbc1d8c7ddf841 SHA-256: f66639431c8f9fc73eb09c430ef58c4696959e9cf94a6875f0720feb8096291c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF format itself can embed malicious JavaScript, and the overall structure points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33873423548.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iuoooo.com/filespath/files/20210901174411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1c7189995---55951706841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210913003327_yypaem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/rurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/milonasemizeboxagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/79932936574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c63bd80a5---kobagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xofesosizulefuxemetadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/tiwenoderikijanopexikawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakesushimn.com/userfiles/files/34074915372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/5167479049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/29659459113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/wewenexovezelabovemawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/jubozurenovolusodaxopiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12411912511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/28019011030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hycxchina.com/filespath/files/20210902125126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tion.hu/upload/file/57006958862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f9ec39403b77accb1c3c12a2e0929f/68815290853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qc5094qmuqj2i3ljbobtjqke83/42195909673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/kotuwuveduwikutitevodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/88065168852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t9it2njoljp1u3rv5snavg7e6/7038601870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tarot+meanings+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA86 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 6aa34ebc03be9e272112a02eaa10a05ca166cf86e63ad3eb26383b3b511e580b
font_01_sfnt_off0001195f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 76c89609698513a5fab50090307b886a4fd1dea82f0ec0ce1de041246b3a6a21
font_02_sfnt_off000131e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1