Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16862ceaac7bf9d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 7aa8c714504ddb90b84aeab219002a93 SHA-1: 5017cdb54e84033f305fa81af30353e427d5033d SHA-256: 16862ceaac7bf9d235ebe6418d08e644eac2daf5b1ceea35f063c07ea063acf0
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 suspicious score 0.2938

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 http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/fowolikimebanulabud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/54464794177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burrburroughsfamily.com/clients/55468/File/94103811875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ab22704e0---68185854736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3d6904f4e---fozutamusaduxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfc7ed66b9---99828879122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918f8816142---rojefexomeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o86e0874sa3sbmd6csieuu23tm/legugexoxevuxezidexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/81681488186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc784d40af---87175814637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d316e5d7b---telopojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/39207657079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1e6403539---59695768566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db9dc2b2c8---58243908448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ce11160b9280e84b7cb6cc8be26750d/99454187178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/lutoguxexugoloxuzaravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mjb9u2f3fpunbvjoood41f4t3/toxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phaptangpgvn.net/app/webroot/upload/files/titulosodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/66919523782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3a650c3ebe5cd0d27e621257b4f8e8/1030216526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/pixisafuxubitilokulufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835e3566a00---xiwozajonaxozegika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c290b9d721c---vikatunibuwemujunukovofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///8218498368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=lady+leshurr+most+famous+songPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12483 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 1239f67e7b20b7c7d3626af1fae93f7c5580e3484c8f49fd14cd07865a784186
font_01_sfnt_off00015323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15323 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1