Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f444e673cc41c3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5d14b626bd781328b27630426a773da5 SHA-1: 325702b0a97575c7583e2b909557d8d2b0e4fc7b SHA-256: 4f444e673cc41c3e47f1964eb57d8d4c950f59624b48243750994b00079060c0
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 suspicious score 0.3004

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://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b7a063bc6c66cba04e2be4f217ec5c/65255060234.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/10686949441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcc42126ac---fulubiwojemumodoremepalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/potam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u13r9rkthghsm787t652hqppcf/44382848106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/zajufebivagidexefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c35d407811---68881792266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o4mosrft16japnkltnqs8n2ed/jakifura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e20e16fe8---37694168457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/57213132183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c791cc2f1cea16e2f4993cd0aa4ce0c/63582793831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df0gi8ofat8dmhpikv08bca9r1/somubibegajiluwawufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9ef1158a9---zeluzodusowexojugibixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ac28bce0a---zibonowidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/14214269417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/93128509763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f43cf12d11---97953887424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713afb1cc5c---57067785842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/lumegiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/84052897869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/90705605451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070260e628f2---nizigosupulanaverix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tickly+dry+cough+at+nightPDF 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_off000102de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DE 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 13a60c9bb617a950d1fb013c6b07c4f3ce9f92054552278296e7f182e65b13f5
font_01_sfnt_off00011adf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F1 17240 bytes
SHA-256: bbe577658a74b3dfac2610b78e77c611efe80ddf21df9ca9e26b1cbf59c9f1ec