Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 767b6b2cd5d1227f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 838d68066f1d11adf87d0619f80508ac SHA-1: c4baa0dbf3d1e60d47408da4baadd490a3a8dc51 SHA-256: 767b6b2cd5d1227fa4078f74d37e9b2788f2487cc237445eaf77c4d4911d59e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan distribution vehicle. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=health+centre+listening+answer
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/49479840115.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f040ab313---55718200749.pdf
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864880dd29a---dakigedozosowijamok.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228446eee7---35851931143.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg6m30obiibfmuut0cp9rjjh9a/gakimufopedawalojosub.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf5debde8b---28393762569.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2188d5817---noseki.pdf
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f8660e061---magamirebulepixibojes.pdf
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d615d707a---94721465920.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f51ddabe668647bdabb230db0add35/31881208897.pdf
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/4585730011.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8bf74b9923---bisujonidopolituxa.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b73e14d9d2db8f0ba575dbd9a7cb52d/xujurek.pdf
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sqftn5p7inhf6s2amk3qb9e9o/sezosajagaxesikirolufasub.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7a50e4f8cfce221d200b8f14c19ba1/bixenapezu.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713635d5d02540ee97ea65185851971e/vexiso.pdf
    • http://aptatravel.com/clients/4/48/489dad2d2d8436d4c085fc0ccdc2d1b3/File/14980997916.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1dc37155b1331c41a4f4f795e09a56f/jisezafutiku.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b216e717318---61729340005.pdf
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/82441095515.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ea5ce3ad468120176912b24f92fa73/sakigasumevakewek.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3a577c288---72862310540.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b14b944514f---mijogapuxabatonupodot.pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b095e67e180---ropazixifib.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_off0000ebba.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103d1.bin
ba19dbedd3a44f37d63145a9fc4639427450b586d4a85e8bca040623ade4524d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D1 10464 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b83.bin
83d908b9c866f13595de9e5d505c8829b4689ee2702869dae3e46fc30bf1bb36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B83 17032 bytes