Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ba74278aa334e81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 04:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2a707e58131c9968a33a4060003c0721 SHA-1: 1464f165222f2ad36ef5cad24c9edc29e526b76e SHA-256: 6ba74278aa334e8181b8f7d95b57cd86e60a80088297a9c3f7ac666884c7756f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan by ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The primary purpose seems to be directing users to potentially malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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=what+foods+to+eat+post+gallbladder+surgery
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/87929862679.pdf
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q6kscqlo6a1me6d57eila5440/jipigaborojezobiw.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jfgc3i9mtqdn8ggh3hd3jgrqu/73990316826.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed9e23f803---jetenopobu.pdf
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608432195fb05---43409784419.pdf
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8507f565a81e32a909dd4b8962c40726/56536842855.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e915a7e3432---99831266119.pdf
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/16497777805.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609365dd9cd6e---kowujijipapej.pdf
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/63843662725.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi1ht30890lj0s73obqq9ord5t/93455941671.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6899719a25---tosenejukotesuk.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9389d982cb5f92fe32a87d8ca747b6/jaxabobovujixera.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107d4c620894---49883587940.pdf
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/96485640603.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b919bbeb428---53447373265.pdf
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/pagixupupoxifez.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0c5310cf8---1880039504.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/89722960808.pdf
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/64768415682.pdf
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/37303138203.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_off0000f835.bin
34f904193814e57b0ce8bb76736526d8c2c2a8f0bdedb6e0aeeef9cfbe7645f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF835 10928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011150.bin
f05dedb655852665371e9300c2e1fad9f466a526a66a05098bf8f30e487715bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11150 16820 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF1 16792 bytes