Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 734a88ee12080be7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-06-23 06:43:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 3d59dc46dd64652ee0a2018026d85874 SHA-1: e4ba55314958f5636bf889d25945ceaa6b4fd330 SHA-256: 734a88ee12080be7fcb57bf81455a6e86fb6b5c891f849974faca7e54f9583e3
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 0.8485

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://azizolace.cz/images/file/jufikosagifobenima.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/xatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb338da96ce---lotuluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ae328c726---tonagufiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0f6333192aa12ad71c0cf926f5faa6f/17106688716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbaf8cf4ba---xopurofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/90211779678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chezgregoire.fr/userfiles/48972192537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5237o8hcd40qo9d950a14eqoi6/juzojobetavonefowituku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/78285928817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/kofud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279bd02ebeb8351aa6a8c039d6e63870/37591686485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/foxosemevijolaxuxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikalopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608255004bd0d---kifumibitujukasulebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724e7d174ec---jezetorobugavopewusijimi.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/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=reasoning+test+with+answers+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A8 5368 bytes
SHA-256: 6b176df8556deaddb583cacdef9fad8146ff2d26a15bef1d293672e2b2c9a704
font_01_sfnt_off000107fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FB 3720 bytes
SHA-256: d5ecec3e822993868ba70e247019bcdb656a9fee58d620eb93bc70658e929280
font_02_sfnt_off0001135e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135E 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 407f5f02d14da8d61afb74bcfedc374636575d684bedb7c7de33f0dba7b4d120