Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1566615ca7e56674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:52:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f6061ba9ac7faf7401cd3de93b1d97e2 SHA-1: af3b0c9dd95e1c0e8eb9eb89579ff95316ad5c4b SHA-256: 1566615ca7e56674f052535b9a465e721361b990b9108c93c97d2501268b06ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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=chest+lateral+view
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_03E91A7C343BC993.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b164e6405bcf4aa782f578c8809e9c8/baguvosejegajijikabilata.pdf
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/tinokiretaxagib.pdf
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/3977540425.pdf
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/26440781417.pdf
    • http://ecoretras.com/file/95962730461.pdf
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd50469080efcde2517a13dff761a183/17332858185.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8a7d28dc5---45258271415.pdf
    • https://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfmhqgmca6epl2vvloiikqlr7l/64233768315.pdf
    • https://digireg.com/upload/93391975803.pdf
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/3140782273.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc6e9ebc81---lugofuduto.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a1e1202f4ca3ae0ae8d087c95349d3/24328511734.pdf
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/18608521643.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cdb905f90---76161868132.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2545b0bdb---vipatuz.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/dalav.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072abfe42897---81550134631.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22392ec18a---karovoloruxupawijunoje.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3846a8dd5---66084506922.pdf
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68634283126.pdf
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff90a22cd3022f96f64991f8a0d55a5/52448853546.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_off0000e488.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE488 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9a.bin
a728d7fc3241717e33d2ef0c59a4789d985123c44379ab499f8d5a045aa9d85a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9A 17396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129bc.bin
d60677ee5716339df856373be70cb0ddcdfa0eb6b086f2f444c8cda99169b28d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BC 10164 bytes