Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4feaf41b8fe2e8bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:55:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 2f6010e1df21602016f84d92f2ed8524 SHA-1: 235d8fa55c891a7eb7aaef6d24a888baee5accfb SHA-256: 4feaf41b8fe2e8bff13a74860f5b98c02b781d37270108adf96c86aa5378bfbd
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.3126

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 http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608968661a25b---56006692602.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b9c4d1867314824cddf039f9ac4717/68770241468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6clp3648t6vjvsr90o2abhnufj/86304525871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haliburtonhighlandsheritage.ca/userfiles/file/wejiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lga69k09s34nv3u55q0nfjj7md/wisexijosinopolijoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/damotanowanovutixoxivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfaspot.com/resimler/files/95030354569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d24446337---fatomodefabijisaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/13512442226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94774889599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/wikopavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/bazeviniwenolezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/refewidexuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985ada817dc---38513981347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db562b306f1---23716599399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65187690190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dd1cb72fb---39895921678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asavn.vn/uploads/userfiles/files/63920574656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/bemekivunoluzenoriru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtc05l841nqblofcp200gce0i2/32705687601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/zusunifozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=allyn+and+bacon+guide+to+writing+fifth+edition+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806a16709fc68cb8b715054698ef77bc/nikofobawufitanamu.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_off000123b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B1 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 2bdcccd831cf1fed810f305f262a4d3057133b708bf545f97ce550303b384d5c
font_01_sfnt_off00013d54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D54 19268 bytes
SHA-256: d4b26ea821a7df17146687adf9fcc9d11c1c223e4d52b12ff741ba47a3da6075
font_02_sfnt_off00016f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1