Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 288b1b1695433299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.0 KB Created: 2021-06-22 18:27:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: a5cdb7e67c113e2746a928b711a3fd1a SHA-1: 79460319c8dc1fc7188be61afe76f106d5019c59 SHA-256: 288b1b169543329963ad2c58aec3a0e0eced3898b13f404a9817b91ffaa29526
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 0.7756

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+for+windows+10+64+bit PDF link annotation
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adef1cbe12e---34954977007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3971703825---40275158063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/84304066815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db43c1b2cda127910a8846482db5d0fa/59589115025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5437ea2878c3cc4ecbb5185fac4c7066/miwudinoweninopikejawadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d443b251c0---romuzexiloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/zisabogerelesekekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s180tevbikd5bbi70lc9skvdb6/mozuwogoxajivoxetosamuwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onu95qu79tngi6p77lmlv534et/98906110649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/jimemexofojadow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac69969c78e---defujorogani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070be495f259---5233145650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/83277509382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/tidalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933d62d4cd4---tajerusaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/felabivexoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b096cdc6a84---jijipewujadiwosarif.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

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE463 84468 bytes
SHA-256: 17eadb60edc2ce32478ee86f6ec7ebc1bbc97c5dc5ed4f3d724542d3f0fef2f3
font_01_sfnt_off0001db4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DB4E 5656 bytes
SHA-256: eb77ff4922fe77936adbaa55a2448a07e011fa6fbe2fe1db6148a1fbe54a385b

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