Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 568984e91f17294b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:34:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 536bf0069216fa02fea282b3b917ea7c SHA-1: 41ebdb67776c21c63e4b4c7cc20ca84f7191e4b2 SHA-256: 568984e91f17294b7d5d0c1a8a216da5cc3e729726c05ad16c00cdbabc62032b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution point for phishing content or further malware. The PDF's structure and the presence of multiple external links suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9569

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://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/bupawuvodazakabikere.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bf1c8353d---16424443683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888239265a1---90513781800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2lbsuuk16k6l2mm6kobl687g7/58516583580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/nubewuzabuzulomuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3hgokinleuqrikefmsbbfi4q6/54464273622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63afd3511afcff025bfb772367d65d96/20598323605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/67992340398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostrojar.sk/UserFiles/file/jezenefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8df1ccd47523af2bce774f3fee810870/jezeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baf02ae23690d12c96b4dbc118d5de2e/18645057412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08568b7e1d993bbc6b13b622a639fe6a/foxawizewatozijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/55337712017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/42998512475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef0adb192c4f799b496ddab63e7c59f/nevemozodojonodoxelevipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b861d59c3f17ee2c4950f2746e6f7b/62731575752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5922d6aa8---xiligomalavupobasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-temt.ru/images/file/gajenore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f2136109d---tumagebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec14d1da6d84cdd0a4239e23aeaed419/91756741498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/63929106151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nama+ramayanam+lyrics+english+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB6C 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 6154e944c80bc6ad257da55cb31ff002775a9dee128849d9178eda1fa26f458e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1