Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b0995d6398232a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-27 11:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 8fd45fe0d850d918a9bcd056e849b7d6 SHA-1: 990620ee944046fb1c458b2f6d136db8e98384a1 SHA-256: 3b0995d6398232a847e266ac3debe50ab974069d9b8eeb36bd8f7490ce957188
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 0.7593

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/62170264868.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/14405414861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/84598299319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mteet6bbm5lijr1tlq1e5rp8os/bekafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mekuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d2faa407c92ae105d391cbb63d7242/pesozizuvaxifosuvumusoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000481304d8d55b3b42a3b5f65cf785d/mukonosenalavijegufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adfef17ab35---bozebide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/66871073750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/vimofumukukigifisomapimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf5a8d58167b5bb3d02612842f26c5a5/60191318048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d3afb2a0b---56161804063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e153bdbcfb932ef2394ab27db378cc1/gevabakexolituzaxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilleyfamilyreunion.com/clients/6/6c/6ce887ac6ce8bbcacf46524318b1f362/File/11509935485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/nidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6971374e3f82fb2b17726ce8655d07/60271382940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0f6378c594---36191544421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4029eb891---govipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dbg99gq67j2v4b1i9gaqgjrpo/numanuneviwomesuloxafebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/3953583998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+al+quran+microsoft+word+2010PDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000eff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF3 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 9e99227bfceaa4966af8e803e7740897e37231c2b95f21bc8453d50383d42d3f
font_01_sfnt_off00011c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7A 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 05ec708d507ecc84445b66299376b51320020a2f422b791f5e96e43b7555f88e

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