Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 271224377b23479c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 0415730c4d2da3f3f77b3f76ff11dd9c SHA-1: b1d55dd4990e476ab41f006ed35f3f2d53f62987 SHA-256: 271224377b23479c8b9318baa5533f1a5f0068ea470ca4f56292a5976e38b3ad
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 0.7583

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://marbeyoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87838978347.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skylineidaho69.com/clients/c/c7/c7306e0a9cc1d421caefa9c307ca601f/File/rupuwiretumojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793593e0804---56432708653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/28352949893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f744d74a2482a208c879dc1172ae9635/viwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66d2ca7ff0a7cf55aa1ecc264d549ae/53044997179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seashoresilverlabradors.com/clients/4/48/482fd9669fb3260065120a60ccac5e48/File/vijesidijavemeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gbujv3q0gdn6u87mtbhvh4fu0/roligevivoxujulawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b480a8764---74510869290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/pimemixuwusolaxujofesased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e9cf6789a---xalenimadasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/25937391037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b9ff8a721---jubigizesivegadogidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f13c8d13f0---79947933584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c260e9801---96441524760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mrgjhjvnhj4hp8kabsip2eel2/xamuvuronemonanewinuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a467a57e3---gowiwinewibebexibawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/sifuvedafida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5fad68df34---balivanabuwozetinipozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/14494696304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34000993886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=prevailing+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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
stream_003_off0000d5a6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD5A6 18328 bytes
SHA-256: d9f5e66163d907df9b2c2f031b8906ab183602eda4757f3e8ef428a9cf922d60
font_00_sfnt_off0000c82c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC82C 3464 bytes
SHA-256: a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff
font_02_sfnt_off0000f348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF348 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 203c9769b86fbf3ee2c0b55d5300951185945915c2db579686d21cb03603cfa2