Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ba6d3a6d7dc6b6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 02:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 593478817bdb66bcf764f95ccb372405 SHA-1: 8ce01debf255093591a20f3f26a41ae5622d89f7 SHA-256: 7ba6d3a6d7dc6b6d20256ce0247069a97f5237ad70538c7308718db0c55ce973
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download malware or engage in phishing. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS firing confirm the suspicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i6ribf7bvhmib4unfijj85ip6/97854478953.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/jetulopivipuruwutezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldbell1965.net/clients/85689/File/62332689734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210518084813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/bubofawurezinenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/457fl6ul5p5nkn8p19o4jr0gj4/jilirozodemujegigoragop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et8ucs4jl0q54gnn3hh1lumphf/70494639096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40ee92413ded238f309423401f1400f5/sedomidapabobode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb2c797a38---gugerunerujopadewetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/47411692341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/60753870735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/43149054498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/burepunafoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potravinyav21.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikupineludadegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712d2206c74---vezatukuwazugefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zoviminerokobadanaxobaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/38934516099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/piruvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021060907045799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exantusfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/96/968554593547eb574606130639276270/File/posuwifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t7a8q0c0gosa5pq4se83hnuf4/kinegukividoxejapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/lewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d630288aebdda8374e05830bbd79665b/jokofudubudedobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+z+mugen+edition+2007+free+download+for+pcPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e2ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AC 11476 bytes
SHA-256: 1f973d9b2a057dd581510d6b68df6f56cb8dd9072dff4b2a325ca62cc46b61c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11595 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 378fbbd720f9c03b471b1aa8ff4e477b49f11b13f323c3049571214d49e72002