Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4305b037c9408970…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:16:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: f12b0be6f8a3291a42f5c46368a0a927 SHA-1: 89e7aa0fb546373208efb899f53a1b14933976a7 SHA-256: 4305b037c94089702df7bf53dbfa6dd62e7a1d8efd19cb917691b3a33132647e
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 0.5769

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://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g7icsl0re8uepqspbkuj5fke7/gugiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bluenanum.com/ckupload/files/remuzilubozideme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85acfcb17d---46226526861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/23940761106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/kebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ab7a25fec---gezisekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca0d5ba3ff4f73e7954fa547e84bc01d/vibulorufajujaboxokizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b684cb13d9---18389331180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ku488247u2a30bte1ao8oovac5/bajixozenumiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f72b98a97---91037468912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/98908808025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92abc6e28e---40075533238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/66887674948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/rulovoludabelumijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/xenobifemozevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a13e579f0---47107778038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc76801357c---39481292204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71195472708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/65711071890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe8kqo6kjja9ti88m60jtlkce/55000920268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lhd8sib15go6bt2i98s9j6n7r0/90863609333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/kitiwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d7a340513f4934c6f6996e6772e1e71/52959281892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f98c7bd7cf71737cda40e70203f4185/91302382047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e75dfd0e7c95fcb5aa5d7a0fbcaf8c/bodoronavotobixujefenaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=overdriving+headlights+meansPDF 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_off0000f23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 1d8508f02280699d3152764938539166a0d22a229f0623dd0f7a43471bb73953
font_01_sfnt_off00010a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A50 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9c9255c0426c77c5b13ef22f4242f4f7095bfd8ba808a20cf1712cd58ffb40
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE6 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 6f9e92b0c4152fb2c2beb0c4001909723633ac1a8ee4d0de57a1448643b4d57a