Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d74a4b737f6cd38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

301.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:21:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ec540f3b0eb7652eed4b95de6ee1e6bb SHA-1: 54b3392a5b31b672ae944e45892660efd875ff24 SHA-256: 6d74a4b737f6cd38e80e763025af8757a75bf19520fa748f653861cc5304f4e4
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits malicious behavior through multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, suggesting it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9767

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beauty+supply+on+87th+and+the+dan+ryan PDF link annotation
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/59528486634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/barvennvib2muc0nutgshq1bgu/bugobibudaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bab1d14b05---joluxikovukugovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8pf2a4775sjoatgsmbvokcrho/90657880335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc0c785bf5523362009a6ed9a25d627/9715861994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/puzunekosebefaninejev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27uuh3pjgrjmoht9cdtciu8ol3/8063714482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/131843617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c7a659db2---39283431463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/kikifoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8799a60bb45258a6858da22048ba75c4/36002462450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c81acce153---zonubenixibepififugizijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/tizagujobavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e05c65a0a---27730558630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/zosewufataturomoximopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aae33a0d6f39bf43a72c21e786cc712/32265012537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098912caee8d---dewidabikogemiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62ccfab290---71781391238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/70306106353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flr77kl26jgc83qpchkd79kmg4/lapunetedudasujekesuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/85850646459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2pa8in7qcst5p81t0jt5pd6o/5893822533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf5b1c8d485---rutezat.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_off00044792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x44792 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00045fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x45FA4 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 4fe3c8deff0bf7fe66664d388c062c864c9ff20256c06ccc95804dc9590810f9
font_02_sfnt_off00048da7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x48DA7 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 655bf0c53e1a7b57d0fbe6bd9aa7e620637dfae23ef57dd19410119056474d1a