Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6309897288742882…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-06-22 18:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2feb999b6f9f2c0d7f937e42666c1c3d SHA-1: e55b90ab32eaf51da70a8b493ffb4b9657f26582 SHA-256: 630989728874288205e6ac664792d8ff0fbc6f25155002409de7f028084dec4e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to exploit user trust through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6529

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+da+ecosport+2007 PDF link annotation
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/29368562264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a380174b6---6226767179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607710698f18c---lewezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/pazenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sc2ksaugudbmhd232cdfdqqkkq/vukunutexuwagizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igi8hle7n62tu1r7e90m6ncnee/10733430364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0klgdq9jf5hf7fkecasakaa847/nogonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bc4477e23---mabuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a36ebdbd2a---34958487866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70c703f09d8c3ecb397be5eff996be41/puralugamajexigujudebuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ef6c5fed634c6d49c65ee8d2fecd4d/sutufetakogerefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791326aa23---pixaduzalakomexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c45d61f66---37063726255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4a12a486c---lemovuvenedaxodasafav.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_off0000f708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF708 5260 bytes
SHA-256: ea0f0f37f92fd27a6253c91265600a2d95493d84a4644a6fe7f05e7e0b7c8bed
font_01_sfnt_off000108f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108F5 13788 bytes
SHA-256: 48cb478c737738a6d0f3e19205f3ea46c035f14d17c92a5bafbbbdf55b1e7bbe