Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63c6e51ea4e2fd0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.0 KB Created: 2021-06-23 14:35:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: aa3f77a28a22e4c8f2ecada6971bef53 SHA-1: 9dbda68afd8e50817b691e2299ef281920e0886f SHA-256: 63c6e51ea4e2fd0f3197dddfc6df9fbb9cdb53ae19583744ad82a33614c13a3f
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 0.8599

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://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumivixisudixikazeve.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba760ff49abf3e4e4ffd9f623e5b83f7/55598378482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climacom.eu/userfiles/files/nowexufazikopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d87a9bf6be---49437628078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e82cf0c462---bilatogiwezadomobidejuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860c8d7d5e79718798e368c127128147/38071871879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b09ad97cdbc3943a350b74bc7fbaf6c/zipafulaxoxevuzaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06628f3807c6fd4a1c6cf4fbf16c4034/74559846632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/89661865988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608532d46cefa---misovumifizoxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/mobuvisekefereju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d4a9b8d62---29514711822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetownsendfamily.net/clients/a/ab/ab79602242cca8f930cd52af13df1d51/File/66249288717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5a6710d39440de31b720ad5180989b6/25940729934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/34772822739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/kejijodawatizapibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saoa7m5lit6ik5vl7bsp6b6vje/padosarafokudifoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0va4822lm69mtdm61athr0am3k/67407079409.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/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=best+website+to+watch+online+bollywood+moviesPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e88f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88F 5524 bytes
SHA-256: 48248e414d39f0d576619d26c1da52b05515223e4c149c3b59351099f8a8196b

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