Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76f4e98a64127fc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

228.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:27:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: eef6595989fd545dbbc3f5c53d14a299 SHA-1: df293f2d4dab5c0b7fb4eaf1af5901708f45dfe3 SHA-256: 76f4e98a64127fc8f5cb3074185b69351b1261b55e3a75707330c81afdcf7c15
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a phishing lure, specifically using an SEO redirector to disguise a malicious link. The link `https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+series+person+of+interest` is a primary indicator of this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this PDF, likely serving as a delivery mechanism for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9792

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
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=index+of+series+person+of+interest PDF link annotation
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7142ca00e0---ledajifak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/26338476096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d6b18969db937221e5636af0b77674/2749057461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00918be375c670de28e3758ae2c820e1/xapomato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0k6c7shgvarrkjk9e69tr6bau/bexizapojimemafefisebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30d575df9b21508f88c0971a0d77df9d/lomonimujevinodilulaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3dd204e103f74a195c7473c073f2b6/35535297752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p8gubtrv1ogc8gtjhaq63o9o0/85725214315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808fd11d042---bodatupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdj6n0l4bp3g72ij7oudlir466/jasutokarefatasufakaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074471a50826---pojojopatujosaribedosore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50734690880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19f06a68a0bcfa0d77b0b8d09dc89158/60648536000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/lixusitonejusubozuxusiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4420ae501---68541298716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72225f0517faaf73e31c1c162e2b19c1/kiwaxorudajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaff9165ce7---gorowekojatozusuvugumopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09d38e3218f6484bb982d7efe66c3858/25616185142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fca5c1b00b83c56c971b041982c6bc30/81508598208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/97393209096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denizlihorozu.com/resimler/files/waxinusotufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e2155ca95f0afe59ecd8b84e46f33f/fojilesogukelusajawovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/luxonusiviwazez.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_off00031ec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31EC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000336de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x336DE 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 000072f01cc98d47a9a990d207794b2007ee712e4ec6a79931e407bca69c58ea
font_02_sfnt_off00034e4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34E4C 20364 bytes
SHA-256: 21892cbf2b515d77d474b89b17d47801b34e24c6edadbd1f3c604c7a22d4e876