Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6c6f3753d57da416…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-08-07 17:27:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 95c2a9d03a54fd25fc36fb69c9f6d44b SHA-1: d4b9689ad53252c76bce823e89166f1349a40581 SHA-256: 6c6f3753d57da41618674caeef8d0e40acb550ac1c81aff7f4741bb8eeea05b9
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 0.6426

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 http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/22126830168.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/wexininewatazadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/dakoxejumorawuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1utn78b429ca146lgg8l5bo85/97697211585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/086e1009c85b2dbdb4ed4e5f971b9da5/xemesuzedobowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/42678007494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/lunuxagixinodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde9cce7f5e---13854821747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d016e01c159---77608588881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/befe7ad541c57ee761618987f8631f65/16088957457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098766750b0d2b0eb339dbd9e0338f8f/93986032580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9323da8f646485206b4664e3406b2fab/vibenepijifadarinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f92853f6f---82489834026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d27410520---nokaretod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608484266ec9e---58682681533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/zorutebojugizobavokofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07c47d24eedc4888f98907e91a145409/89870303166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700dd0136be---39626130887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jajanerubamajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/47652358454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3848005152101499aca5ebfbf0e11bda/duvupulowigilotesepoziguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rgffjkal0b8ab7qt4p7f1soog1/ferabekazikisinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/16965587979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=are+car+accident+reports+public+record+in+massachusettsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ec5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5E 16780 bytes
SHA-256: 13421e97cc75eba6b396a0fd5c480044a6b124da5f811f8461bf0dec916dd63d
font_01_sfnt_off0001184b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1