Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04923322b61f3db1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-06-10 11:34:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: f49a89cd64afbc8b055f5a5b3de5f671 SHA-1: 58d5ac00c5a2d22759678f6376e1453baaae6881 SHA-256: 04923322b61f3db10a2c937ccb39c646160685df969f6cde20bbd3b6e678dbe3
154 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 0.9558

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=algorithms+and+data+structures+interview+questions+java PDF link annotation
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed92459233---gunezujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h0tark8dg3o2v1k0rvti59j14/wuxujiwuvorejujezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cec2b8db8f---30170589596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takemehometomatoes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53818254352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32086b502cbf82491508b8be27051ab6/69555589768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b87d0f397---31247847440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ebc0c9dcb---madepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/41353109852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608227e0e8936---13816476468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f84b3781b529045413908159c67f6971/57395298572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af82720e6d50c19f912ec79fb8cb1872/21181533188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6dd151c6d0a4250be3fa7e101fee2dd/24746746253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/51980865538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5008374f7e4da13aaf5c3ccec17a777/vobekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jic5fphnpql430n3rlss5va205/dasazexokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3edd07dc94785a391cbe5a4a9519c4d/48518002606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15a7fa4df2fef7bde86f9c34e903b9b/9941497929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e8f0ea95f---67301134930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/libaneguzupatenavum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC993 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 8b6112db6d7304556533b4439a477217836917736f57e01922a719945ed49c68
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD6 9432 bytes
SHA-256: 2800db34008c410fa855ed29658b31c7788de563c1b06b607d6828bbfe1245e1