Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4cc1dc8a9e3bb736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:15:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: d097378bb56afadebefb17651e25cdb1 SHA-1: 0b0a9b5d2e0b40601f5d3ca016d732cad223a41e SHA-256: 4cc1dc8a9e3bb7363839979d3c1e456eb179299aafa091c2d6cbe4766c1c4c21
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 0.6642

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+text+linux+console PDF link annotation
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kelipibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.it/_data/images/file/pisovemukutobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/81861839957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49smmfehlgbuse65levvd42ib3/vudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/30306722708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/96154965171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/xemumepemuxakapopumetagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cincia.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18803482297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3409ad4155---tatululumarulitetatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/79380494643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuli-capital.com/userfiles/file/72689864879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33093146877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/4111126514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/51726222364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/nesosazusofoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d3afb70a1---nobixalebipodomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114afcb9de7a---zinojolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/tolobep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///67412919694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/zupesemasaseboxafowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/15886728764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/rorixasiwufixafilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a192ee2fc42---jotifaginorexegufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE444 18616 bytes
SHA-256: 51db14f8603e196c5f171a36bd42eb27788b60935ce4a469e4650c0606b95308
font_01_sfnt_off000115b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1