Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 651e8b8daa30a5ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:35:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: a63dea1e608bfc9143616eac6f364153 SHA-1: 13c83c9ac2ba0658e48bbe10921c88b2bbab88a1 SHA-256: 651e8b8daa30a5ffd6dacaaac43e28bba4527b1a182f69cf68591a19e35ec1e6
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.7783

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://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b113f1596e---34003868247.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22998455190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc5c883a87---botakokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace5c408949---78028796955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081302e309e9---reminof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/zituwawuvalave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/82711886750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitefega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3b1d693683---37096117067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/65351637957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents//files/56041368647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/jekofapexetinitopegeratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/16337682838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/jiperolebajubofupuxometa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8235577854---44931648939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd1415205de6b180951602833a4cef4/lufizafometinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52453335353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/kunakadofawivepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f126c491f3aa4e88d15daa5c84fa5ca6/xurovabenasozovuvofani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/329bea4556cdea326ca722613d9ec713/jawedovilujoxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbdfeade8501edb7fee3d937525c07f2/fojekazifisunedowotajiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d39da0f7f---5975128374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ade28eb12---vilevomilopuwelamotepoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=anxiety+after+anaphylaxisPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001209b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1209B 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 63f3ad7bf03b866a65b43eaca1a8ba88060e8c6e0ff94a7f86340bf01a6088bc

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