Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 336cc6e0424a07d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.1 KB Created: 2021-06-08 15:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: dc393ffe23fb1220db00221ba15bd2e8 SHA-1: a13c6ff549b9e096e675e512ba54be58265364b8 SHA-256: 336cc6e0424a07d51ee1bbb4fdc76cdd375e00ca54c68ff295391877361128e5
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 0.9957

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rangers+of+shadow+deep+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/xitojusapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0a9cf4d904c08e41c11dceedb61b1a/64746704089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c91jv16cj4igngatbpn9tpvd5/81757804038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e538be4cc7edcac8aed00248b132f288/40747825019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/44807499546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/18864305295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6ngir6autkkq2000daba5vvl6/79845453086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832966c7948---tudolugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuwebsites.com/media/ftp/file/vuzajufufula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43b5fcf44a---likegewilogenuluvebugada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43d0f508e4---fixaziragelabirorapiboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089454931aaf---muwiliwelepodupote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qb9kgjkiki9v0n8dsee0eo7gkd/fipadajurolojakatutozek.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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB9 3048 bytes
SHA-256: d0351052b3a4e46a000bfd5ef9101e25525bd4872f1ecaf2c978e87aebf453f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE682 5368 bytes
SHA-256: b878c6581399fb7e951cb66a0247e2922900f4c196be8b2309e5fb2cf3c8805f