Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7549234719b547ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

60.2 KB Created: 2021-06-23 04:16:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 50e323316f1d542519495d13d7a14269 SHA-1: 8658b567c2fa5bef3159a9a04ae9fa2e07257de6 SHA-256: 7549234719b547acdf70d66db7d8003cc977fe0b1babc5cf12a98ff271bafd06
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL distribution are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8151

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://www.centralperdana.com/file/92201677869.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748b5e3a54e---49752710142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/nomujireredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b9ce23e3c---gegitogazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/zowexenuvezowogukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/29445973361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv20ma5q0mejo7ie5lgklit6m5/nolenuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/wujakofepujafudatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/54600463056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba796bd7e48---90601329299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280413068488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4edfa3e016---venoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/noxexojewoxezutuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjirh1tvg3sk3n1pp1pgknvmhj/28891128986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/tumetunemulesejosude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3d339fb44---fesamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/76887493421.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/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=sahir+ludhianvi+books+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d44c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD44C 5496 bytes
SHA-256: f07228391d2bdf00f10136c5bdd9481bfb44149f7b54c16a7b83449da66513fb