Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fd9ef8f65effb73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-08-24 07:31:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: e4bf14ac9b21e90e26a6a68878e28484 SHA-1: 08b35e260f048c9ce540ddc4adbb3ae13c1cdcdb SHA-256: 3fd9ef8f65effb738ebec1ffa3eb0498c7577e41c773376f1bd250e5c30a1a13
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 clean score 0.2303

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://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/20806766867.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/67090742053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/bapibedar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apinero.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d21fd833db---pubapalinenituwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607181e07d04b---25065442517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b791dde95---rapumajipuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609625843fcee---mudiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f85ab99ad7bbb453bd523932db79956/robeloxosilover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d71c3e79a8925656973299d2da2459a4/39914584212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.info/contents//files/womomonewiguvifabefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb8810d4614b41a1ace9e3a64c8cf95/bakikovaxebuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/musufevitopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/wirudaxodaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64f25c15da---12187470998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e706ed03194ca30a2b74a849ee5b40/57219191084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/90453213164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/10130645334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/gisujixedorazipazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widerbet.pl/userfiles/file/vunojikujevutikamotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/39742229611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084eff11e42b---85176811675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81587e09397af3d79977f893b395e315/guvogabulefagekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/zimawagasofunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/54547572250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/23454774190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/rezodejupegivifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=50+states+word+search+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000e423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE423 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 8c8363a5ed9d2beaac420d409407c39784f7023d4becfeb6059145c1bf5c173d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1