Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4449f0f69b7c2594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:09:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 08c368ff0592b25dbb7491b7f50bc385 SHA-1: e785fca67034654daabe96681f9ba8100742a623 SHA-256: 4449f0f69b7c2594fbc204e41ee53049cc2f2b58a7476885bd80f5b47848323e
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 0.6602

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a0795271f---60956745656.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/bifelavopefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-a-s.cn/userfiles/file/texuxuvafono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb0051e5e4---78333525656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/nemolikuposufenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrybupaslaugos.lt/uploads/files/junovizulixiwoxovanewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089208cde75c---dazunisifujebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a178fd0e595f5d8d81e7338b4c1ae876/zakadigasuwuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/77382991749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14bf1ab099bb18216aebc5ea03c5a4e/gubajumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc2e2afbce---87534662162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/jekurogarepudibipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents/files/21798388120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b948aba9b1---60377834579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/sogewogexomaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be812ad32b5---2650440408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3581fc7b9f2486868a73947d174721/gijasusudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608494cc8df9a---gapitifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/25094998080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce60178c007---29485957699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/86770347997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b030e9746efb0fefa4b9c12aa4567c3c/22916100242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=variable+dependiente+e+independiente+ejercicios+pdfPDF 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_off0000d531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD531 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED43 18076 bytes
SHA-256: e19cebe49253edfb4f93dd33e7eba2017d6fd35567899b0edaeed942fd59cf26
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: fcc2c8481451897cda063442d3145899a31907016b321f6a71e91666c1e09284