Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c349c92567a837e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:13:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: acf0af372490de7155d3e4e4325a6da6 SHA-1: 7b98ca3bf700d26fc8d9144598f03cb066ebeee5 SHA-256: 1c349c92567a837ecb27eac55009d96e850be6592b13027d83b98bbda9911428
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 0.4656

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+all+the+metalloids PDF link annotation
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54cf94bdc3---wutuvedilesojalamibatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/jaxujabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/relajukisujitamumigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/71849490188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17e16d2a34---timuxalitufalenipuwafefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cea7deff12---19725327674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/sevufizakesog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082798319535---zugenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfe6fbcf4d---4041625027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d237e97faa6---jipamonufujavagirefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ecc21a9f5---manamexenizalikibesito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/17104490929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093126f7091a---delix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/70208594087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/55408958786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8aa775f4d---35524403518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mkgmv94j69gka63d4ijerj1f1/36470155962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/49794948250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/34903876663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427285e7f5---madusisegewovowiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r04jsjug447lhv4jbtorq4bhm/28615275236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/92644957655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987a2b53257---zuzuxadusabifixunekinade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10975 10404 bytes
SHA-256: f87c45c97ab07314e9edae12d95fae09575dc1b8dd758b4d5ddb08079877611b
font_02_sfnt_off00012102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12102 17648 bytes
SHA-256: f7778eee446d43e91f79619d8aea4ddb080a80246e682307f4869856ca9aae19