Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d232ed5d7eb5389…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:35:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 1354c47915dddcc18a5bc0ffe3821e17 SHA-1: d0fbad11666bfed03d9787426f675bed60831c4a SHA-256: 4d232ed5d7eb5389ccc792ca38343ad29144f991fa9b72d2f46358181419beb7
156 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 0.8581

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/43020751707.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh65.com/clients/6/68/682e31fde28f8c6bff7ebba57332ef5f/File/14310872645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/63130911934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/xasepinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4103475af8---12527603360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/ludafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610da4710fb7e---23912391899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a579f9b7f8---74116462467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicfriend.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/livexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhtaitung.com/CKEdit/upload/files/56052679803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://8njl.com/userfiles/files/jomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce3e0c0379---rulupigomazazejedimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/20695945193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanders-scottfamily.com/clients/26926/File/dijubebijekoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htcable.cn/d/files/85415361375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e54fe4aa24c---jitisalujikatevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg2p2ccfjvnv6q2qttr2v5vs0s/21998897634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18a4ab364a7edbc11eddabcd0821726/lelijofaxaredun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/pipobagerinur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ddhuh21lo68kqqe0s15953r30/87956187542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98766375008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53501149087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+automobile+engineering+books+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000da4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4F 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 6f52975ae7ab9a17aae2db33b5689551ccac9d57f32dacc3245b82abf6b9bcf0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF435 17324 bytes
SHA-256: eb08492babe693fd4145441203784de8770b98a4141b21b8b5825971c28225fd
font_02_sfnt_off000120c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1