Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d6ab5d9c78f1de7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c4e8ae92c62a5daf289d565728cb3354 SHA-1: ace7612b04956aa7550712203c639c91084929a7 SHA-256: 3d6ab5d9c78f1de7651d32f4424fc96272de7621262f5c14f3a6f05ea439cc46
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 0.8417

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=half+and+half+wrasse PDF link annotation
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dla4bch5idukbg7v9orago8qci/95594456004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105379bf2c78---97429726923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831ea06ec9f---tolexaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresshasnoclothes.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gibutugogisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ing-ka.com/user_img/file/14197859565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/31003712803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e456ac677---44084737300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5ceea714f---9287803812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b507d02111f154f45b6c74d59ba13bd/jexajejigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusafirobigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads/files/202108240635527848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygrind.ie/userfiles/file/39119195975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/4106647198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/55587047429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecab0ed593f---36361453576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/bolitinobakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e648b2625be---xesodagunevifedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/68990813692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdxqw.com/uploadfile/file/tesodozubemorupupibamotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54dc539d2f4312dcced3e7e6a18107b8/kibojefigibuditenojaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/wonegovutomibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad8dfc8a9a---sobupetezakol.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_off0000e174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE174 19228 bytes
SHA-256: fc413469c9eb3043548de2e3a2db17b0a7acd75f3122a74616dc0e8e403d4acd
font_01_sfnt_off000113c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C8 10216 bytes
SHA-256: d546600bcbee576a8d757071ab2ef54fea92f3388c20c7e351d4efe1dafe2397

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