Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2969b7fe81565526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:14:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 725ec076787a07c4b8904f28af5e10ae SHA-1: 01ac353dd96623957f42a0d066f1936f9d84128b SHA-256: 2969b7fe81565526a611ff8737cd1db14bd577bb521633649d9f77e70b494dce
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 0.4146

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://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3742e4e68e81bd65cf38908df6bd301/22820852353.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cee7498b2e---71813094097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adrfarysz.pl/userfiles/file/74866009698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/7821957730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/dowawixulatovapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/019c981a8fa863a44f865c4b5c50f20e/nofuwupenami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce305268bb9---fujuxamoxebexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/9375294902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f499e59da3---34423758474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/9726518703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/podibamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85180546914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a3cfafb9256335aeb14540fb12ebb36/wonobenebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/32252435410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/60753306834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/60009227313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrkarta.ua/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vadugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff6c52b05b221d712f04d0ab521daa5/kesorizarifojopejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8cafe6d66c5d8174f3c75e4ac3e91a/94873140262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72773550447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwafuxegavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/pisenapodesezebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aczv.fr/userfiles/file/71611071330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=solar+energy+ppt+pdf+downloadPDF 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
font_00_sfnt_off0000d534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD534 17592 bytes
SHA-256: e69c56c3e4b5e25d04f15ca0ccaa1ad09d3c6058bce03dc0263e1a4eef4e9f2c
font_01_sfnt_off000102ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AB 10688 bytes
SHA-256: fcce34cec74aeaf00b438d32917576193cef17b21746847124fc012e0ab8e531
font_02_sfnt_off00011b33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1