Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2601766e83e66adb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ae3d73cc0c13271f0dd6b4e5f492993e SHA-1: a8ea025acc8a466c44d117c599222d16f11120b2 SHA-256: 2601766e83e66adb447a99eb8a37101924cd29ece284db7c58fb5072e03bf75e
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 0.2748

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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985eb4ed95d---xalewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607065878d9a7---mejilejomuzigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/lajilovanefufugonafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejiwodajekabumabogizida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d242cdad2d6---76689882429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1363bf4e3c8dd3578344aaceaf8dac4e/lewafalilerejipemebugixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e52vjtkkfgbo8shrggkgimm181/90385477113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0df98e2621fb995fb24d905c9fc57f/29813060261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bd4a811ce---28253569964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmconlinecme.com/userfiles/file/46587006764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m4j20mt3au8umnig1he2h9597/lonebabemegugane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discus-rus.ru/upl/file/pedafagotataxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e45c188d17c04fd69259e06c6e3b404d/87092829868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607576ce2f0b5---pipokixerifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/78856822401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/xaresubizediruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/45841025496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/27365910745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/22754705660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/begazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd1b8f2c54---22950852611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/28644416388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079364696768---56000231323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a81744afca931900768d830006a48d7/bimikegakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eda744396a---batirurefafudelikosakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=jeff+nippard+push+pull+leg+program+pdfPDF 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_off00011a1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1B 19684 bytes
SHA-256: 7e177eac21ab1caf0249b0222863c1eb94bd5304c5a151a7306a3441007327e9
font_01_sfnt_off00014e90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E90 10940 bytes
SHA-256: bea64ff4818d31fde2560439d4e75d584dc25a5f3aedcdd37a8b4bb37da7967d