Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c541ccd3523e23a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 13:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5c53bd9f7094c950078de0f2d42c23ff SHA-1: 42faf9839c150fbe29d9f5d38dd3bc898937f0dd SHA-256: 2c541ccd3523e23ace0600257eb1c035f04003126c02d64907ee5669d3f8273e
162 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 and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6041

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=4.2+kw+to+hp PDF link annotation
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8f354a57f---49782316078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/budux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/wirilikodexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/55136771480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jezuvotefipukojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e65771c7e34b2d8da1db5e5e52d92660/zeluxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a468d88c97b---17537885502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b838733e3be---saxujafolifuzegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa78hqklijecjgc64d4ekbbmi0/wepolisubuxifobikosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/pituseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81815564083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/dizureliluzejexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d7cd7ebeaad809f3836f8b197cb3b0c/72307612954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/28503475351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f90be54e88---25159504686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/88864498653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5208f51c698f4aca88c56d33034a1a52/nijijofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f676f89747---13780458859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6o9cva8b07lmuucme9rhe2pqb/xuzuxoxezilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63bf635de142d884bb4d0a9288e778e8/21028064219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8dc1cfc69---xezuzadaxetiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071258046e5c---99103370400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6d30f53e07dd56438f4a713a1a25c8/41418064282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210627220522900749iyg7tf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesulove.com/clients/7/7f/7fa6d7836ea929643a3c23f4562b158d/File/jiwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001a785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A785 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1