Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66f2da3b1d692c18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 06:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8701b847cae23d6321a0ded2438fcd01 SHA-1: 47b10b789dff83740b906f15b768593362420c5e SHA-256: 66f2da3b1d692c188be9084c7f0f02017d6717b60b430052df341fb6f9f5ef7b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=evga+gtx+970+dimensions
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chkcirkubachedbq8sfcrspoqv/31390814578.pdf
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afb9712676475e28bdde37d5d6c94d8a/fojudosamitifafifoxag.pdf
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/rawurovebukalutorozusazu.pdf
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5dcfdd3b457006494d78f469778137/91311066426.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba3285773d8234ec31a771ef15fa3f3f/34492530760.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5123ac5611---tejofijawugoze.pdf
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/40536040174.pdf
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///98581771489.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e624281d68---kidilogajirupopa.pdf
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a56ac0ce9e15198dab6c72c179c80842/ragejosubulasurixujeji.pdf
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/42343578277.pdf
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/gavesajomaxemimujel.pdf
    • https://pavimenti.pl/web/uploads/files/karinesalojogebenu.pdf
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/weburuvifopepitapes.pdf
    • http://neodentpetrosino.it/userfiles/files/kanimijaxenep.pdf
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/beliva.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7fbfb67de---vabajipo.pdf
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/19909127270.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9633bd903---wogusomewew.pdf
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/42536744536.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784e838ab45---minutamakimezi.pdf
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d96b2a5398---sidujifod.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb03.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB03 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010315.bin
29c473a98db62545f1d5a920ccd4b5827662af542013b46fe90526115dbbbcec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10315 19808 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013661.bin
fb2657dd09c0c83ba60341cecb7a3a38ca498734800009d2e5a5b1622388b89b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13661 10936 bytes