Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4267db00b071b8bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a1b7a106981acd3e99c3b13b3c66b1b9 SHA-1: ee167397d8ce5c79c065ad29716b9cd7e7a6e284 SHA-256: 4267db00b071b8bd80f6b2637263f32b5cc3ffa08d0cf3f4f2bf45775af21642
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing by directing users to external, untrusted websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5554

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://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/norogilagozijobekuke.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///kixapekuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/ponezisazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/fuvulitodaxemawuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/limafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/niripanigikimukunegivatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607911332d544---xebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6d8643c88881392fd289c7faad3c99/91164714986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d41m5u60l4mh97crk99qec29/pojasovosobesage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/bufaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/rebuturavegiwajalafivara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/63152488106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/413098993cdb2e8f73505d877f349d1b/mebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yacpa.org/yacpafiles/file/3834682161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc0b888e2f8---xaduvugapuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6e02a0e8d---wejidagageludefarujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/280568172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/73925972382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/tidoguvirafujufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51be9ff1485c5eff870b801c9d47c1b2/93319465141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7mv6pe2d47gdvibp9k98nplaa/dated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4ac2594da---wukomakofunazowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c029aad48---davukegabobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6053354586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/mulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/46723441246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/413742789f82cea393e9112be0554c4b/50800742237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=xbox+live+gold+unused+codesPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010b23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001233a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1233A 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 0b9bfb62da6da175a03185cc2f41fb0247accb72f8d38b85c2b7681da24e9bae
font_02_sfnt_off00013b4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B4E 19120 bytes
SHA-256: 8457ec56783a3737daf49b8ad2f5627d3f0f77b66f5a279c4f528c05b9c5f0ce