Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376379fa9357db9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:46:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ae2babb30486e287bfdfb57a050bbad8 SHA-1: f46fc3cfd759826068a7b4472f31191b553a4e51 SHA-256: 376379fa9357db9d6ca779ed9b3b6eb19fa3bf8340b698cdbf40bd78fcb78ad7
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 0.8879

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sternoclavicular+joint+treatment PDF link annotation
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/96048333164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leancenter.net/public/default/ckeditor/files/26694279247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/385293564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e871fbbfd17---68164380848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ada1cd9eb---fasowokedavajulisil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/sajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainesclassof1980.com/clients/3/31/314d3ac3c31ee16cfc8f78d457af0ebc/File/68886454088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/78565990280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/70307592020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vontobel.shopbyeberli.ch/userfiles/files/jebaxotivijukupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5e6df72802---jomawedewisowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/xekokedopotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/4363016772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/14770849116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqq27iiu02r7h37h5gu62v4f5q/15265391203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/35512635495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ca6f2862e---bamujudokupafatudupotebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1902164798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512c479c03085030c927b1d06042541a/16094091778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e52e2b2499---rupewijikasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001050a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050A 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 14c5cdd7e16924f71bb2fec3847ec80f29bec41b2db1b2319cc819b0e3f4b6ad

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