Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7480a4f334ca726…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 21:07:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 05df69041cf9ca9b89db1c6650be7a36 SHA-1: 88d3657452f63898c7792c53f5b1fd2a6eeb8c2e SHA-256: f7480a4f334ca726c21cc8939dbb7c450334967211803e00cccdf25241de812c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of URLs like 'https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+zarchiver+pc' suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+zarchiver+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f977d893c---71896665333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surestegc.org/documentos/file/zekedofalezetevigisotebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/zezopezivodogoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ap-qatar.com/userfiles/files/mumapugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/39237073414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/vakotujujefaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimurunoralumufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/vumuzoxivofitegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/rovevezizeparino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/32571060203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.dvsportbg.com/files/kokebesuwojabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/37074392290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021090113121789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/76114054036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/37195564981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96rangjai.com/userfiles/file/wenafivukisanikeduruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zutegofulejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kroonzuivel.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22528151729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/88398822612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210907182320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/nuxisadoragakiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139db2f5f07f---99386340736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e965feef69dfad0bf79b6019bd9dc338/derapifopotoxowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/gomak.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_off0000d728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD728 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3F 10556 bytes
SHA-256: bc1c79b130982909438a170afa693294a724518deeb0711a65c6ff93b2314fc6
font_02_sfnt_off00010743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10743 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 9697d6cbe0858528eba64e560f29909437bd48362efe1b8338ae0c9d6e76699d