Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7566a288967e928e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:07:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4dc163377f1a9fd30dcf6f9f08e32467 SHA-1: 9ac7505043a43ba54e49254fa8c2a300edf31d78 SHA-256: 7566a288967e928e68155c5904877b16917828cfb5c99230243cd6f7fa6f1659
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests a tactic to obscure the true destination of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6012

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://zelene-centrum.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duniwefo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://promenade-perpignan.com/userfiles/file/pakufewefamakokiruwazidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fedfa4f608---10923096985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080863f1ab52---95833267309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/73918245004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100f88736ae3---89311880199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020af00690c54cb6ec618b0e388db017/mitisupibuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bapassamarinda.id/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xiforudovofazusiwusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd039ccc29d---mugopibibitujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/kalawuwalerelezojurufexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dad7881431b1b8d536f4c6b7e85bf0a/86333793576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85054340096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strojsteel.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5354426094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d757b34b31---feromevaxidolas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/96947464313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmflower-kkc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telumorepagadiwupuvuguted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/49386634625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/19552000656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2vp12rnlok43f3au2o87bhi25/37306325888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwilixawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210830022535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210624122447104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44210362603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/kekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81903937587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=english+authors+biography+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000121fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121FE 18480 bytes
SHA-256: c013c993005b510b64a56b591c1b3565ca6f5b85957394d9118b86360d89ff70