Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57f713853e1b5456…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 1b4ef1896383684bcf45a6d784abdd4c SHA-1: 7a8b72a5ff92e423d5ea0f46f55bb2f553fce929 SHA-256: 57f713853e1b54569524b2dfdd2bb2d3f341c4e5133a106722ed710a0e9a3244
154 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 0.7217

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 https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8754d3c8c2---33324468057.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents//files/90452372679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq481e5fce6olabh2ufrv42kp6/85603607843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telagirekutiguzezawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd07f10f9c4e33a1b020e7dc2e94cb20/kaxeribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a4f5a7455---88379031691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3092b307e968cf0db3628b1f55954660/49151698690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/3376908241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c68e16a56c5385a9625c73a68da67c9/8099356573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/27359998358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/88219307715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/27909100097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/1594354723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/tusezudaxomofogabanabomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallacewilliamsfamilyreunion.net/clients/6/66/662ca4338cd1fa41fa93b88222973dc6/File/59390996865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetregistr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falovijiwovepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609842797fd62---fukabideselerudufizimakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/14485952508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/50074808689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efad7e8ceb---nuvurumexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080878ae520c---mibuvonupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/41213885689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/barujonimebexeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/7004056150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=classification+essay+outline+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_off0000e79e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79E 17208 bytes
SHA-256: e3b215663531f30b63bb18d898bf9cadefd925332d2ccf7d8b9a632aec17d0fd
font_01_sfnt_off0001141f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1141F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1