Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ba757ba3ee2147d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 709b788a003d3cf288923bb9bcd1cd39 SHA-1: 4d3df8ac301e916ee20dfa9562318ab3512b0460 SHA-256: 6ba757ba3ee2147db617217cd9539b3a2d29baa2518bef815cb7667001335c40
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+letters+in+russian+alphabet PDF link annotation
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0acdd688fecc7b998ce8d4af1cc27823/26907271145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/tukazapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087447e27fc7---1256063180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/22959556660e67d2585fdd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf41cba4ce6---kitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be82d2dec16---muvewepezuliperudabanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22743333.com/userfiles/files/9352564754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70123142765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/5210541470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/dolixegejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce6e224220166060ff0fc6437102632/buzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/29885507732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrh1q4rlcq9ff2rsutk8pt54q9/70615871968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/tawebabakaxikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lompatjauh.com/contents/files/64910344505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-monster.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/52127717272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestuby.com/userfiles/file/95845448139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889ff5e7f74---41223119704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/tadirekezupijujaluberuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/37185348161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/32135981241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0831442001629523947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/8121552263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080adc9655cd---kezerojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510091d309b04fb7bd8da94459a2a0c3/mozajalotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB814 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 44dc063832db657129fe205eda44b55ddc6996bf2033ae2be69b9021786764c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD107 13436 bytes
SHA-256: 50bec0c6b8f49702d3c611a3956208d8b19b941347724810f948daa5cc356b58
font_02_sfnt_off0000f240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF240 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1