Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2473a4a374b713c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-06-13 14:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: d3f1b9d58b3ae881c298515cec87a9dc SHA-1: 34baf280aa882bd96310625b7db64bb145f8c4ca SHA-256: 2473a4a374b713c08ba61380eb19ce66f28e911cbb860a1a318014c29efd4bf3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.6092

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+buku+yasin+dan+tahlil+cdr PDF link annotation
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7907823f4b5814d8ce753f6d3c7c9fc0/99866254587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c67e7d1158---53235636305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98a0638f5---gutitutolokezokenesase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607434ce01601---15225291745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608660dfa261e---zoxufajexevaxutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m66b5528e6a2hhr3slb6kvo764/53166451449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3e5b5f176---78644237400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/jaxuvejepibigegilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074adbe5d960---50756342086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087995f17750---dujufakitobutomanenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/39386513512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d10cb3790---befamola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/jivinegoduxulako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94c0be3db2---jizatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aehnmduv266orlenn3vukll4fp/4617448490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837f59c2f44---jimififawinobafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/kejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000f252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF252 5424 bytes
SHA-256: 44d4d1a2bfa4817fb897553697124591d417cf9293aa419f6d4642f76725a995
font_01_sfnt_off000104de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DE 11548 bytes
SHA-256: 7520a726864337db783ea5994f79cbdb25a386414e61d0d8d4fd3edd7be08d79
font_02_sfnt_off00012bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDD 16124 bytes
SHA-256: a4f7e295a02b8305a8eae4a4e479a675da56cb9dd238bd6361b0a88fcba42408