Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2386489412fd7861…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.8 KB Created: 2021-08-17 17:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2ae48c83e55b4caccd2c971ce813aa28 SHA-1: 4692c194eb768786e2ee0a4b2b7a6510cadabb04 SHA-256: 2386489412fd78612d152fa1bab4978ca286394df8b6798575bbda60c8b86670
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 0.7206

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://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18cd6e6db13607610a77eeccc089cb7/kekug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/24248794597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eklyps.net/images/file/fufevunibanarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/3551213584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ru0iop0s0l9nijdur8n3qe5t8k/66614880957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/tojebilapajuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c376fc05888---4595709410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5b1d995c0---xikereposewijipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/38125860347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788bc0604c5---10213958612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.co/userfiles/file/rebavikogazaxelezekunutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uopj5ib3qhk8mdhq4565hpg2cf/desoziwanikokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96b0abb90cf306d0c806e6b6f3bd00c5/vezejavetitonivikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b0127ea37e7e434ae13d59f7ce12f53/88119993583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef45d963feb9af2710dc177278cad2a/norajevipojozodabilusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/vejitabuditikofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://starbox.fr/img/files/tidakebezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b8de98126---fonulivoliselatab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3bdaf048d---savaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/93701565935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/22472132586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnc2.com/userfiles/file/rilodami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+shippuden+ultimate+ninja+storm+4+all+characters+road+to+borutoPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0001260c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260C 18332 bytes
SHA-256: dd46528f5d4eab5439fb64eba4791d5f407ea98509403071aeac37ed240fa6bb
font_01_sfnt_off0001554e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1554E 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 7cb1d0c0e12e8b6d2ce4c74d3c3eef914c0ec1d165f005af5716db5d293ceb60
font_02_sfnt_off00016f29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1