Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 637ad1110c96b975…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.1 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:06:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: ec927d45c77d7374866d80448b49f9b0 SHA-1: 81b220b3407c3e4f757b7f3d97f80b84f89680b0 SHA-256: 637ad1110c96b975b9bb7f4e95313821fb3ac8424cea7748ddb909392c607417
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV heuristic identifies this file as a phishing trojan. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4355

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+used+to+treat+trich PDF link annotation
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615397b97c02e---70813805987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331c2a21667---lugukegifelolipowudutunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/2589835293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/70370144210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3546acbb465560b84e381817596eef28/wirekusojemomufixotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/80869509300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/23046916425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/basidinubiwunune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/52573089400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinastom.ru/userfiles/file/jegerevuzotalunavuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9920b1b487d39663e8d8269a99eeff16/43751071725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/3168159240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/98645542294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdon.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90049603218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rolcsi-bau.hu/userfiles/files/seviked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exteractif.fr/pictures/2/kupemetuxenumanimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18128272615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161498e8a99fce---fejerotifofuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161565a395003d---xusixipagebinowedaloxavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/7410735980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450dd31d844---22758932248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50738016272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/xizitavefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92504438419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/38312020831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b56d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB56D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD84 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 0885c26f613ac6a5ceeddfa24bf65131de0dcc0d98a67dfe6fc5e75f7bcd98ab