Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a727bb7d45e0fb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-06-08 07:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 5ea92defef2f6c76921be81f32f5a806 SHA-1: 693f5ca6d7af09326d0b9fa358a73dff79fd9e27 SHA-256: 5a727bb7d45e0fb91ce5f230cf6c0f91beb57774c569c126c5cc704f4b37cb57
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9279

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=50+life+coaching+exercises+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc587a81n02jl58uge625rs827/mifaxefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/dejodowiraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe605a76ff---96823491037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c4bd89f047634d767caf90e76351cc/36804313817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/40916708542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/dadifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/lilidoxinuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725991bb978---64276116886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kediwoborotatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d03f12c8e---lusiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/faravufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile/%5C/2021053018253020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503010611271118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d2d28aea5---14715348925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799a587620d---77097595669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/mofogobalozafifivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED51 5656 bytes
SHA-256: 4548c425eadda18ebd3777c7848d57a7e435bbae8d938778d21a343822030126
font_01_sfnt_off00010096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10096 10888 bytes
SHA-256: a2580a285dd4b71f74da4ae5518d58f7a6ec9b8fb1cef1e843d7d48770dd2c38

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