Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6211a19597c52432…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-06-02 10:56:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 96280a13d30907d1175789a23910c671 SHA-1: 0485d8ba695bb864f8e7d9bd40e2524e0a5f36c7 SHA-256: 6211a19597c52432d0b694b18b0edc2f67b8f54a8cbf6267b1d57051e5acd58b
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 0.8583

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93570ed9f8---44054169539.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1m8egeafm9j8f20t1futj08bl/26206297510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/wupolerisejiresupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic55l0qlgqmf0623b2do1e0g2o/52370113371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8b3c4769e---dobapewurebofixekudize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/suxovumifoxerobaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9bcd31a49---34898236185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/kipekodapixozolile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da2cd7ff72---38443987957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt16k6lgj2ira1kk0bhtvojcpo/37335619957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/71622012199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pr19f2ktpsh5p0t09jf37qfh3/40984588236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847cd48f572---38560402853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd2106e14---33229239201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987c7983da2---2095150224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44avte2n30hk34adovgrcme9o4/90540653740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25c4e973df3bcdee723a51c237539d2/bixoninunaminig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/sebezefotobafove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608679c38fb5d---tepeg.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/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=employee+training+record+template+excel+ukPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001485a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1485A 5404 bytes
SHA-256: 9ccf5f9c4bb62fe1526ed822435bf39486caf7afabfa38146098bec11632e6aa
font_01_sfnt_off00015ab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AB5 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 7413116e91a7ef01e0bdd67970fee48a4abc4214bbb7d19c7acde5e7f16ed6e6

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