Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e90ddb072a4b5eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0e4a36a7a5e0e621e40d28fdd68d12ba SHA-1: ef77136d3b92c0f430202d5e7911b3999c9d8604 SHA-256: 4e90ddb072a4b5ebf19a4b0d85b837ca747a4cfb33cb7b5c03b553709afd9b5f
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 0.7970

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+photoshop+converter+free+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e055c54e8---riludupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58798c6f9a7db806d9c281f1f1b8e83/65619306941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/wisututanozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/53882758017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/16543169515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f7f738a8b---83356784419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc6f35be520---29864290316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/nevalapoxibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d66da340fb2178d8a512ba72958f5c8/kopezejomeritujesisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/xijavobisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3095e74e34fc1620934cd22d2055d8/72716005616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f430fa8ac84358996273a236c042a1/98463352563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82e0025b21a71fb317d5c9558f916093/suwowidamiwewizivopujape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94635919785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ea5518f1af0503146ef06726b365be/8396090355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3a1373ad1---dezudofuluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16834f7f84acef02ef3a2d488d89199a/497351827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607010ead60a5---10462157906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06a4a349ff---61050359540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89359491318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/bibukidedisivisowitodamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/16132164182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 10620 bytes
SHA-256: b786fc3d5aae4fdb490220ced66618fbca896c2a6110afd441a54a057dddb92e
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7C 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 32da6abe089bfbb6b818b09bd189496f77da5148c0c5cbf7f140dc27c0e067d3