Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 669028889766e964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 060d6d2cc56c0975c4247bf3d8c58703 SHA-1: 2c1e0b906fc3e026014e34a84900a979e104eb76 SHA-256: 669028889766e9644baf22d81f5e21476db82a9dc55d5d6da0e963d62d088339
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm on compromised CMS uploads. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=backward+diodes+pdf' and 'http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59510596d447bb785ef298ad23732658/19167158234.pdf', are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The document body appears to be malformed or obfuscated, preventing a detailed analysis of its direct content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8497

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=backward+diodes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/97607355221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/55636185882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/zamiken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4949961457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210630234354_oyiex3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thingstodobahrain.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98854665622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/lujegigozaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izdo.org/img/userfiles/files/lakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/67903819333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09ea16539c4b31e83abf7c1fd5325364/dixajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59510596d447bb785ef298ad23732658/19167158234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kosisivanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/mekenonodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/19317352190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f600c3aa0e---jodotok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/2021922253536824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ji-tien.com/userfiles/file/46195177853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607807b7e082e---98991220408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210608081716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b02aockdviv3dcd9mp4ojnga2/18033789145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/34279590342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poetische-malerei.de/web/editor/files/1531283877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/gisuzaxusopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31967de8fd496f337a448d5d09714d72/2654148384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB121 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1