Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01fcf4cd5b2f0f68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-05-18 20:32:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: fc6e5ee460c5c59a6d3eae72939dabd0 SHA-1: 916ae20f95ec624ab7dcf2e8830f16197cb67953 SHA-256: 01fcf4cd5b2f0f6840ecd49b09d6cd578af8844e556f692faec9cc2cd8adb921
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9712

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+de+prensa+hidraulica+resueltos+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b21479079889ce7fd4931eb0c07f956/92892667241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092ff0864e232babb0a1778e09a74a14/rakenige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lutalefabanisenemazasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qspvblm4j085i4pn6sr7tuav6d/83104826943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8636ace3b---69386219279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dc1a3b9c6---nuxususiwamupirami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608372322847e---67235346975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a033b44fa84975aa7ba36372157746/dewofebebimupurogikevugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sivfecvg82c8u44ecdpc4fe3p4/fajiletuvojoxikasisaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaog1eat03845qg5gfvjdhj826/88491434492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c24135047---vawewodinudanibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609192438249f---7491339742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/gexekupejopoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d7fd816c2---27303262689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608206f5c73e2---xagomezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607099098a16b---22649744616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF797 5156 bytes
SHA-256: dba08371a97942c40b782ec52b191a748eb5ea0eb5b1ce77f996f23116ca17fb
font_01_sfnt_off00010911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10911 2060 bytes
SHA-256: 48dc922ca1af15d731c5b8702396fb72e7680578de23c294d170160652a341ee
font_02_sfnt_off000111ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111ED 13756 bytes
SHA-256: d63616f5209b249ff82e1911ee3192b930d97373007cbd822d22194cbc6861b9
font_03_sfnt_off00013d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D66 4324 bytes
SHA-256: d1f4a20f0e35a0564be54678b929bb8c711862c507f070c2b9a6abea8daf4378