Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 602f131127bbf9b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB Created: 2021-06-01 15:42:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 9223e2ae98ad242009e4b92ee0e72914 SHA-1: e2d49e1a20cf4d12405968db70c22c50f971b0fb SHA-256: 602f131127bbf9b07205a77effac6175544cdde01a269659c0d617c2e602e649
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 0.8354

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://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608406cb27a81---rimef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ouvvnbq7o54l33dl6fja7j6t83/xakuvebotezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/63565891533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/22512380284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbd901f653---buzefajuvujerelekifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607885f89a017---15301121886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ee2e8c76036e72303120846013b3c9/nikupujununumebozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrssc6cq6runs5q9p64fm69216/17567364754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bdd52ae6f---xotav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lymfologi.se/anvandarbilder/221/files/tatumumadevegiwonazetofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ab0bdc1f0d011d2053fcd03ec3d5e7/nelujufelatemisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59da50fe0468b54cb67734bd2b2667f3/65808164869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708f96c9089---vifijunararijediwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0266f3c214490b9ffc1f83f1bd1f1c93/poraro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=buchungss%25C3%25A4tze+%25C3%25BCbungen+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE8F 5400 bytes
SHA-256: 5578c66da792a658239d238a03e7188e5a86980b5ac64f9b865376df1a0d77ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AF 11780 bytes
SHA-256: af5f5d969f342a8d5d94ef1ea5ce04170cac6a1698e46a9e106985c028ba049d

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