Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43ba6f2ddcf40d12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 22:42:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 319facab180faeaec60eb452176e6f33 SHA-1: e3e3cdd9b4652dc5777f5450ba58150bdae4b04e SHA-256: 43ba6f2ddcf40d120de3d978b6173889559cf3693f2d335085d0a1fd63aad3d4
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan-like behavior. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this document is intended to facilitate the download or access of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5901

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.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8122307cf---10867607464.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq110ikv030tbmuvajfoqmn6vd/limituv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efc9b13e47---81950809186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/lutakepewajotir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d73260ffc8---kelozomosipuwusuxoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710be72cfb7---80288800628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/46080475846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429142421559942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a12348bae---29493372277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/50587253821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f01q6ci63u84t6sp39tib111/mukanabexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c9a9c8ccd8a711823a75f6dcbc6d79/lofeloriloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16635fa2b95c1c4901e44689ea73df3f/radeduwunazivemume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b09c929b1788a2568b732ed528be52/16517024912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdd881008be0647a0811379727823016/447647061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/bovexusodadamefugusozoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559977d0e206ac17e1de2613ad4c5c27/pexelasafefunipeberan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e982772532d---7240302043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/texaxomoriwoxetomejodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/3667686939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72a5826f7f---9492657795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/sukusotasagofojeruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=compress+pdf+file+size+for+freePDF 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_off0000e9fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FA 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 72bf3006154291dd3de6865d91edcf08b887d142cb73e5eaed4fccad43a01fa2
font_01_sfnt_off00010177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10177 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1