Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04772c2348a8e4ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 13:32:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ba1cf1367f33484616b87836a880a9d SHA-1: 8e3af715d7100c047a3b5f2883c0a6f59204765e SHA-256: 04772c2348a8e4ca228c3654dd4c7aab6d02f59793df48eb3fe41f8904c2a66c
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Static analysis revealed that the PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely used to redirect users to malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware downloads. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3632

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093523691acb---sadazevufozin.pdf
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039f0754e64e1ae2e0672d1c262ce8a6/pixobeburig.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2aa57b6aa---2649984747.pdf
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hpj26gq9ommrgv7qeus182d7ir/27605993768.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63292cd931---jewomigabunimeb.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53632b077a---89790714307.pdf
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/xinuf.pdf
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1624383073.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a5f51bb28---gotunamife.pdf
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/sakawegezafizajasa.pdf
    • https://impactcleaningserviceskc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6382ef991d8a7623c873cd4f20dd65d/fovaxupuxovo.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c052119bd6---63740227253.pdf
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0612053001623039130.pdf
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/sajekevuvix.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083320558578---20734563508.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/zonubojesapax.pdf
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a219658e98d---85247737145.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607676a267659---kemog.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdc99a2dbe---37379986233.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694a3bb88ea4b2be093f23cef8e66dec/12092554185.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/fabane.pdf
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/76965134691.pdf
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/siruz.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2rllql29nqk2513oblpn1buu5/fefatowu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=baked+ziti+with+ground+beef
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ce8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124ff.bin
85f10074e384f23dc89b0cb8ce9d9ab0800ca5b8ec0570bb4cef45165413e5bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FF 10948 bytes