Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65fd4de128328287…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-05-30 19:33:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 7e2813bc9867bafdb2eb11685a1a3edb SHA-1: a34ca950442e1b19f831c0c6d0033acc977c6fc1 SHA-256: 65fd4de12832828795d8773c59489ccc7fa2fe912deb030e498b69d6375486df
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 0.9864

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://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b32050608---12588124884.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/90243138618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile/%5C/86295443175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607271327f806---dibilelofebodugosajuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/89019011854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98354dccdc---winewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608716b31bfb1---22279062452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a6a069e66---61283463871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/14863742791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s8in62v0qouaq5jlfi9hd0kid/4120025149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae5127edf2---geduvonoxobenuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/58573802330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5eaa2e56a6582ab00f91062ed2cba76/71324462319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccf0967686---lonetugovoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/vinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b703de89844820d84713b7f61546db55/bipajifitanidetomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/bejajaleziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l0rh6i4ohf73cmos6u8dt5n05/kalinesutigavuxemejerese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4c6e1dd37---71225649064.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/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=xforce+keygen+2019+download+macPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AC 5880 bytes
SHA-256: 8d7d687ddbb75afeca3ace131ec36b042eec46f369c925cc04531bd5fb3f8d97
font_01_sfnt_off000115c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C7 11912 bytes
SHA-256: 6db74dcb0ae57ff3270d85333f369390c452f6bb69e08076c97161c5d5197997