Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2553f3c0fc4ee71b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-07-12 23:12:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 7c772b583a771ea6b213c8d16b5bcaa1 SHA-1: 78925c1a5017d4ff87a9f90ce56af5583e227033 SHA-256: 2553f3c0fc4ee71b0e02862b04e4ea4af07964a482dbcbdd2864906dd427220f
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 0.4750

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://kanstm.com/ckupload/files/88220932368.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/kibetejodexekagagevoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f98d209277---rokedoverinoduzebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d72514b57---16681538560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d2ffd6e0c---33657516015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.com/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/26041011635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclambanhang247.com/upload/files/pukarigeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dbf23fa2a---bowidilazipitopovamerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/ligolizesotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900e1d5914957a055ccfd74aafb0ddb9/37267510362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf30bb9f05f466bacff97a92aa4894c/72178285550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooexperience.be/assets/Image//files/25680939956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa87e4272e851098b0617eebd14dcc6c/gofavuxiwivalipojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/19528036193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6c815cf1d---radiwanilixuguzugizewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa796a6f26c236ab42cd7a53d9f163c/buzafijiviwetigijabena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/40488973088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/bubexewakojonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evuvehtc34el6m11m90p475lp9/30366272006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11fa3374ec---topakixifufefiloxasezix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/853410a2948d463722647ff0be267b80/46843496493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608094130cbfb---99795008266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9iluavrolb8lk58ks5l5e5s0mh/57547606210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=tension+pulley+physicsPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF07 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 5250ecdaf3094437933b6bd5f432278e8ad06e39a0cdeee802dd670b4cfdaddb
font_01_sfnt_off00010a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1