Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f7309f587d8ad4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 02:27:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 149025a600d4f9c6c4f98539434f5e75 SHA-1: 9d16702a6cfdcdf73a170122866ebab17f954afb SHA-256: 3f7309f587d8ad4b991a4a38aa3086bd8c1b2e814d388ef6e00bf8c5efdac2c4
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 0.9341

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 http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763cfbc3072---lijegalavukenimek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e232dc9a5---kisutomolijijifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redactron.com/userfiles/file/tibugonoliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450e041f93d19a3da337451a44b8a1d9/nopufawavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64ee13a4431d26b95f678d94f339b6b2/lisutotudebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad07ad6f2d0---85444635372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559ac121c6b7a1d903f14c62d9dd47a0/pirowunadexajowoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/fugesewomapujabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdd3bed2c5---vanaxatele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9670b58b8---wuduzagosivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/jokotedimexoralix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r54r03ib939tmnu701qemlhvpl/51016132151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/16713522826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7010ea91ff61c1751555e557e1f5e2f8/davupeduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/piwaxadamegivemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/19280838834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e2b16ad9a---kemonitojemijobubodanoxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/70479803725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=maya+angelou+still+i+rise+poem+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42A 5468 bytes
SHA-256: 8e34ff534c6acf238d5a2dd679ca477b8526719cd75eeb1f4b20229400573a3b
font_01_sfnt_off000106c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C6 11056 bytes
SHA-256: a0ad5798d2bc1f89fbe1dd578a54c2260f70650585e6c73e44508c71374bc036

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