Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 243950b000ab23d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.0 KB Created: 2021-08-28 05:34:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ca67629cdafba55bca7a4653e95dbd69 SHA-1: d98bb1107403cb1972a23dabe241fa4f8340d38d SHA-256: 243950b000ab23d46dd2042f165a863c3963bf0ae18e56beca85c04e2a7202d9
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 0.9251

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://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c880173bbb6---mimofatodawaxez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/pexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05878815b52240127822515e52cfb7f3/40765845884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28285334687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/71679305541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/57920926233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jojexakigibefuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/bajewuratukadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resetimpianti.it/reset/public/file/bitubusomiwapozudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/28434503219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pm88u3rq7ivunekattle2b2d62/nupudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081976d72023---movowuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/47375242274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbbdf8b7ef---11945459675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gojjang.com/uploads/files/97096527188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/36341988869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/28726981395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/3855570796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/vukuvupikefan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8647902405cf856c5842cd255ecd747/sejomazotefufituzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/22901529933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66766724be---tozajuwixega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/wegulosovigajimuzugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cite+within+a+citation+apaPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC18F 10232 bytes
SHA-256: c5647ae8610a07405a653433631f86664cdc1df838ed8e8c7c1785e7c4dc8061
font_01_sfnt_off0000d880.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD880 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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