Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d4f3169d2cac3b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: b54173ee2929c764c702f8af4a6650a9 SHA-1: 2ef0847110e0996a2d9b8bd7443c60ab954356b4 SHA-256: 1d4f3169d2cac3b9b3ba0eddcf72c4930e62cea45f7c606ec5033e622d6f42db
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.8742

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://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11626702f92ea882331c9d79d390280/4196015901.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/16186811987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/6051959840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k17n8mi7kr2p5jsfgklpeu8p1/4755302859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8532a4c81d---funopoxipeturofisefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/birudonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/30168974722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021524141167687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/53849341781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715481c7ab9---69324023221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1f748feeb---18754239341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a798c104d---90162522767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/xevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48968306924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/zezubalatezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091324fc6275---90195533171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/11298083242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b886313a6---sefoximunixowiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36761d430a7c5f2bf7578cd58223cd99/xinenajitugifupiwawirero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eshop-kocicinadeje.cz/files/file/selimitulamudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/wususubafoxitirizuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/fuwimazudixuwodixivuvowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=revoked+meaning+in+tamilPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE606 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 27024b122eba49fd3fc1c2d8f22afa726925bc898800408e683f1b37f97f45a1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11379 17296 bytes
SHA-256: fc90deadb134c7ca67357f046e7728df3571dceaecd2f632d97826759d078a89
font_03_sfnt_off000140a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140A2 10524 bytes
SHA-256: a9ca4764828d305b1ffae6e523917619d56281977d2833b7967dc3e4df7c6051