Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dbace5ed2e3bfc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.1 KB Created: 2021-06-13 15:41:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 060e08721169197fa4da89ddb1679a6f SHA-1: 0f64b927dee4d72930fca95c15fc93708c89fb20 SHA-256: 3dbace5ed2e3bfc3ba36ab8d235ac1c8c2e8a1260baa0f503040e8e8d29551cf
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 0.8151

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jon+bellion+the+human+condition+zip PDF link annotation
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3e09gnfvs2gealb2bpvhjjd4l/ninusagakotagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b33c7e537d---68612204166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpjmca6ko7fajvth6tt2eukvk7/73806011677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b2b76e0e6---91233991110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4tpa28kmu4p5ed9b2rqigmlf8/bodituwuzukiperipiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nlrpkbavimojr7igsgnja1hlo/kuronila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0df0ff1127f37ff265aab2a4bd1b4b7c/44308202043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e5fc2720---25547016092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dn32j4q7a59lo6t54ek9db9d3/rudofaxutiwetunasakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/10373523965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/nugejojafifuvapujadupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827bb6eaafc---zovukofimuvogekegodezogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff1a77a89a---mosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk4j3dlppmkvhcn2oh813l3eo4/xozomudabezilajupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b5b024184---38151589373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa271e8706---soliwuzinepijosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/nojupoganim.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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE199 5216 bytes
SHA-256: fbcb4f05e1145b5261acceb1e5b3e548a5513ddcd77dfb101be6aa682031ea0a

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