Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49c6d89b3082bef4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.7 KB Created: 2021-06-18 22:55:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 13aacbd9cd8bed1cda7e645780d1e62e SHA-1: 4c28583bc7cf90bc919798415f026c711f389ffe SHA-256: 49c6d89b3082bef4178a16a83711a6495321d54720251cb0830ffb9ac4909279
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 0.8776

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://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c9d33181ded3e35d62b2e8eeda62bc/99319730144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/77935748041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/78793872505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ec6e5c55454e8016bfc31d96b944ec/3648980152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d414a87edf---59241585125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/35120601323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21fca3a1a4f736714a3c9888c80b887/49642594854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2027af535a67654495dc28a5efdeeb9f/94342306888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frdlrcqfdknv8qpfdf4f57cdua/fadejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/fesepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b601be4cd2c---44487925372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjli8b1ilq81qupinuh77u1adv/nefagotepolaxotosopagipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/gozapijaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55e7e7dffbc16d7cbd7a8ac558a7c0f7/riwotobubokuxodaruvetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gr6q982u1qjlsurs2fhqvjkg4/14477278645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/nufadozezelejonorujetirif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq2alprbeh2oltijtqv7s75f2n/162789376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34e96fac96602072981dd0bc14ce385/xinokowevifofupetutewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mike+maloney+history+of+moneyPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0561d9bd669a9ef19931aa70ac148c/9938150056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bc26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC26 5176 bytes
SHA-256: 231e79dcc1462cf655de84c1ca531badade3f960fe148cf38568015e08c4032a
font_01_sfnt_off0000cda2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA2 9260 bytes
SHA-256: da408fbf526f308b7d5eba8a03c0bb6669e21a09f5f9b274212ab944c92304ff

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