Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712f75bb5cfa816d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c901996086dd8612d804de2945b3073d SHA-1: 95da72cb8f8e7bc51b41145b6c9c71fe2a30d1c5 SHA-256: 712f75bb5cfa816d2cac16b1416e299cb647c3d2b859b86b289cf0635dc9da84
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of external URIs and link farm indicators suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4683

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://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf9457e54e---vobepufuvudanisikisixivob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd20d33d53---muwupavulevikegumote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36d91f2c5d82cb9797ee1c6205595f4f/rovokevikivikeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuchscars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1947e1ce346f9e675ef82130fb1cb4bf/ninaxepolopirepufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/59707655884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a497ba954---voxoxapazomanofidadepejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfdfa12dd3ef2d59e9d998b9e99c4019/99353795033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc51437ad60---xijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bqefma8f0icgvdt4mvqqrgis/dijuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23416020375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/61972822695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f986c02b43---38871818534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbb48dd51e2c89494a0f40f57f8538a/70395467184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5a7edc0ec---rebaxifaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/kufigulefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bf5342368f93bac2775a935f6c6b080/91661105317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12fb03aeb22414b79ca83c3a0173e82d/pulutofawejoxirolirozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607474d9a5996---kebuwivimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3307b0c6ad---rugupixiposozitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/nipetiguwodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b56dfe5213---77476996789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827718ed4ce---popevemifowowezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789d5377575---boboseratalufofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e99b71fae---65262760731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+codes+for+dragon+mania+legendsPDF 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_off0000e81c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE81C 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 6beb242e6e8ff692b5ebd401425ff91213512663b7495d3c9a7d4c128a26bd14
font_01_sfnt_off0001131d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131D 10956 bytes
SHA-256: c606474ff4a5031d8408666da33a6ccf03028dbee7e0ea4ce6ca0bba80bf00ff