Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 162133555125be15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-11 18:55:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7de4b8bd63e535a0b04b203384093407 SHA-1: 58e84ae749ca0f7f7c050a8183506294faa4f0ab SHA-256: 162133555125be15020038a5992281d8a04b67a8ff140ed9f293d4faf0015748
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 0.7084

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jai+ganesh+deva+mp3+song+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afac77c86e8---xixijulewobeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e98193a2c---kelimenufavitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/1203214439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210429071959155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f9f052797---59742700845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/2520535069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/lepibalokewumovovuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belloverde.net/emailer/file/fosovupomufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d0d40729d---xevebinegewipakobusibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ph7fp0c3ogli58nltsfhe5puh/37709613192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/fakosananikasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5570564603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e1208977d3728f9f0fbd1963e9d2c9/zoliguxitigazisutikusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/mefalakaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/rupakosowutenowuligemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e022511674---35741823626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f457da6d31---69011426044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leilehua76.com/clients/4/4d/4d80c013f15dbe3c797666a457780dca/File/70798230781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/340325657.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_off00012654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12654 3928 bytes
SHA-256: 41c1e61fe42e45097253f6344946ad287b81f68e3fe4e58f6036cebb4473258b
font_01_sfnt_off00013483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13483 5580 bytes
SHA-256: 46ab416211312489bf587774e579a2d50285d45db860477920f8b9f0d7447597