Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b25fc1f8f6aaf28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-06-08 19:53:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 03d85487b827dde39e69e60e92765bc1 SHA-1: 123737d5c655dfbfb21fd5d98a0123a2e921a1ab SHA-256: 5b25fc1f8f6aaf28bcc86892889faa7ad4f3461a2e7311c835f4edb2fac13988
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 0.9755

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mukabla+song+by+ninja PDF link annotation
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/95937167273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osfd64peffkod6111nbeci5g7l/66816197417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2aa711ac622b7fbbc9b912bf4faee63/23504041765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/nixazominar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb005929b2---mudujabofewegavujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i99ctncfh0769jb1r7uor8kab1/dodutexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/94723643303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ae4469d5b42ed5cb3a5c8464dfd079/rabanazedasoteguwanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607c96a381d79---lizitowososologubanobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d98j7cmmo3p6rditn4rvoi1p4/881731326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca37d740f3fc170493c8c71e75fa9a0/81077203976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8064f5434490672f3bfed807b366b535/96808569646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfecee4f2a---37498367854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e4488b3d203bdb5a3db39b452a962a9/16755871519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e663b6db19---wogaxipapumigumomapakele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60109373c37460a7c8339e43b1a3dca0/xedixeduzajiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3gkip4p2te4dj5hqum09dsnqe/laleritujebodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d8805e94c---63653625855.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00013301.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x13301 3414 bytes
SHA-256: adb93054ef57001d075b29b6499fd2057bc27beeb596bc9179c5e2804bf25c46
font_00_sfnt_off0000f02f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02F 3432 bytes
SHA-256: b4ca51dde2f8e297dbfa15e84ee291eb5dab1aee9a7ccb47c0455f93c42440e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC76 5144 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7afb8e5b8df2add86bb43cad673fdb3e898ad90ef512771f97856aa022f9c5
font_02_sfnt_off00010e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E28 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 1985ab881b15dfe0d2eb1c1ff7c00ed769a30215600255349773218aa1cdc774