Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d394e4cc665c75a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-10-07 01:34:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6dfdd0f6c5bdda3d7a9ecd6aec83967a SHA-1: ebc081104f2cba0d15d72a63f3c0d16d31cfb367 SHA-256: 6d394e4cc665c75a09816034b124a8f833e531df0e20ea7f8b6b4e8c8e924060
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the link farm nature, and the presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a potential SEO poisoning or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=tenable+quiz+questions+and+answers+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://neuchina.org/userfiles/file/52428871850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schubert-hh.de/image/file/dazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/wogevafimale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gr-chem.com/upload/files/xajopazikulutago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7694753885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinbach.casawell.tw/userfiles/file/60429116095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikahaiphong.com/images/news/files/60116184247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostaninsaat.com/image/files/xufufigaditajuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/84597866104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e17f52f0fb---futogasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/37670664310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/9582022386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/12050506198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9502498557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16158c8bd8d873---77816167325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bdb390c7e---89715580579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinatriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58849525070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/9779840924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunomefexowexanenojegivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30737319139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9763e73e3---12742414176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushiwc.com/uploads/files/sonolibugubixozogunezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/guparobavenibutevuro.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_off0000e30a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30A 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 29515eb29e3a861dcc1724ebf348d0548b72b8893f5db02eca731416f6d7eac3
font_01_sfnt_off00011261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11261 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A78 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 2c350c80a477791650314d4fdb23e85bb559de3d2bb109bd50bebcd57427cdd5