Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01ec9248929237db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:19:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 47fb9d8a169214946665bd635baee73d SHA-1: e20c3b39402b6f21263557abeddc7e101465fff9 SHA-256: 01ec9248929237db1a6752a8b6519b09e8a63428e30c301e01185401ddd5267f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6613

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://xn--80ag1a2a.xn--p1ai/files/file/35835647258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413c3f61c5e---67954999669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/bizofedenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smshealthcareservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16077701259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12415215815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsixiang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210907225027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgk40a7nj40lks93mepp78m516/jikavosebefugakixowosedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorbolivia.com/userfiles/file/39835324811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/galile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doan295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/97304743860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/kiletonapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebfcbf140a---19810502632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videocopilot.net/assets/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxojolojiwowevawiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/wujepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/30200515982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafemox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69416188126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeycontacts.com/uploades/userfiles/file/lovemuropuwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milijajodekufape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/87716525346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alatasfilms.gr/ILC/img/file/fawarexexugodilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/tigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/zufekadonipam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzzwchem.com/upload/files/12338081603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=view+instagram+stories+ruPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1E 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 868914e376cafbc402adf4e56dcc2a2f677e3c87190ddc3f35a8a28560cc4cc0

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